BETTER BODY TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09856435 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£20.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,079

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£16k£21k£26kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£21.0k£10.9k
Current assets£25.9k£15.7k
Net assets£20.1k£10.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-02
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  2. 2024-04-17
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  3. 2023-06-20
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  4. 2022-04-12
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  5. 2021-11-07
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  6. 2021-03-15
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  7. 2020-09-22
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    address · AD01
  8. 2020-09-16
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-06
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    EVERILL-TAYLOR, Joanne appointed
    director
  11. 2019-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-18
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  13. 2018-07-05
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-07-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-04-06
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    EVERILL-TAYLOR, Joanne resigned
    director
  16. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BETTER BODY TRAINING LIMITED
  18. 2015-11-04
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    TAYLOR, Paul David appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-04
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    EVERILL-TAYLOR, Joanne appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-04
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joanne Everill-Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2020
Mr Paul David Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Joanne Everill-Taylorceased 06/04/2018· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

Barn Elms Rose Hill
Porthtowan
Truro
TR4 8GJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

EVERILL-TAYLOR, Joanne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-06
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TAYLOR, Paul David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-11-04
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Active
EVERILL-TAYLOR, Joanne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2018-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-17