270 ADVENTURE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10094497 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
37 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3200 | 1900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Gloucestershire County Council
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-04-04➕STEVENS, David Ian appointeddirector
- 2017-04-04➕STEVENS, Robert Adrian appointeddirector
- 2017-04-04➖GARNETT, Margaret Anne resigneddirector
- 2016-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs 270 ADVENTURE LIMITED
- 2016-03-31➕GARNETT, Margaret Anne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Adrian Stevens Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/04/2017 |
Mr David Ian Stevens Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Bpe Secretaries Limitedceased 04/04/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 00361265 LIMITED→ 00361265 · est 1940 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 85y | — | — |
| 1327 RECORDS LTD→ 16260678 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 21 UNION FITNESS LTD→ 11893908 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 22 YARDS CRICKET CENTRE LTD→ 15322986 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 2401 VISUALS LTD→ 14657130 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 31132 ALBERTA LTD→ 07751905 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| 360 FIT LTD→ 15147001 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 360 RACING CLUB LTD→ 14023952 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 4BALL MEDIA LIMITED→ 05731153 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| 7 1/4" GAUGE SOCIETY LIMITED→ 03955091 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| A & C TRAVEL LIMITED→ 03333371 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| A&D HOLIDAYS LIMITED→ 07261883 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities
Registered office
Box Bush Cottage Wickridge Street
Ashleworth
Gloucester
GL19 4JW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
STEVENS, David Ian→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENS, Robert Adrian→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARNETT, Margaret Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-31 · resigned 2017-04-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Gloucestershire County Council | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/08/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23