CALVERT SPORTING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10267155 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-07
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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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (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 (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 600 | 500 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-07🏢Company incorporatedAs CALVERT SPORTING LIMITED
- 2016-07-07➕CALVERT, Adam appointeddirector
- 2016-07-07➕CALVERT, Hilda Penelope appointeddirector
- 2016-07-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-07-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CALVERT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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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Mrs Hilda Penelope Calvert Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/07/2016 |
Mr Adam Calvert Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| BLANDFORD FORUM GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED→ 08814637 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
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| BRYANSTON SCHOOL→ 00226143 · est 1927 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 98y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education
Registered office
The Grove
Rax Lane
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3JL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CALVERT, Adam→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2016-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CALVERT, Hilda Penelope→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (23 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29