ABSOLUTE FUTBOL RED LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

10158348 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£10.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,988

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,564 YoY

Cash YoY

-36%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 36% YoY

Net Worth

£10k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£48k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£38.0k	£44.9k
Current assets	£47.6k	£55.4k
Cash	£2.2k	£3.4k
Debtors	£45.5k	£52.0k
Net assets	£10.0k	£11.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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2026-01-26
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2025-01-30
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2024-01-18
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accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-22
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officers · CH01
2021-09-22
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address · AD01
2021-02-10
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accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-09-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-11
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address · AD01
2019-09-11
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officers · TM01
2019-09-11
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2019-08-31
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ROGERS, Scott James resigned
director
2019-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-05-03
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTE FUTBOL RED LIMITED
2016-05-03
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LYSONS, Lee Anthony appointed
director
2016-05-03
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ROGERS, Scott James appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lee Anthony Lysons Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	03/05/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Scott James Rogersceased 04/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-05-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

23 The Rydings Langho

Blackburn

Lancashire

BB6 8BQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LYSONS, Lee Anthony→

director · ~43y · appointed 2016-05-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROGERS, Scott James→

director · ~40y · appointed 2016-05-03 · resigned 2019-08-31

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (32 total)

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2026-01-26

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2026-01-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-22

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-09-22

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-09-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-02-10