DISTRICT.L LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

10366298 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-08

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£54.9k

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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £54,881

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£55k

↑ 341% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 124% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£71.9k	£51.6k
Current assets	£5.1k	£2.3k
Net assets	£54.9k	£12.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-10
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officers · TM01
2020-01-29
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MOWBRAY, Coral resigned
director
2020-01-20
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address · AD01
2020-01-16
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MOWBRAY, Coral resigned
secretary
2020-01-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-02-10
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2016-09-08
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Company incorporated
As DISTRICT.L LIMITED
2016-09-08
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BIRTLE, George Ross appointed
director
2016-09-08
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MOWBRAY, Coral appointed
secretary
2016-09-08
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MOWBRAY, Coral appointed
director
2016-09-08
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incorporation · NEWINC

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Ross Birtle Individual · British · DOB 11/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	08/09/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Coral Mowbrayceased 10/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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

Incorporated2016-09-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

20 Parklands Way

Penrith

Cumbria

CA11 8SD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-21

Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BIRTLE, George Ross→

director · ~34y · appointed 2016-09-08

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Active

MOWBRAY, Coral→

secretary · appointed 2016-09-08 · resigned 2020-01-16

Resigned

MOWBRAY, Coral→

director · ~37y · appointed 2016-09-08 · resigned 2020-01-29

Resigned

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