ACADEMY SPORTS SURFACES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10259131 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £1,420

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£67.8k£87.9k
Current assets£104.6k£94.5k
Net assets£1.4k£1.0k

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-23
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-03-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-01-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2017-01-20
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  16. 2016-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY SPORTS SURFACES LIMITED
  17. 2016-07-01
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    BROWN, David Allan appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    FLINT, Matthew Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok Kumar appointed
    director
  20. 2016-07-01
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok Kumar resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Matthew Paul Flint
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mr David Allan Brown
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ashok Bhardwajceased 01/07/2016· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2016-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

54a Church Road
Ashford
Middlesex
TW15 2TS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, David Allan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLINT, Matthew Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok Kumar→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-20