ABL SWIM LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11393943 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-01

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-4.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,568

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£5k

Current Assets

£316

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30
Total assets	£-4.6k
Current assets	£316
Net assets	£-4.6k

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

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-03-27
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-23
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accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-21
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2018-06-01
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Company incorporated
As ABL SWIM LIMITED
2018-06-01
➕
LONDESBROUGH, Alan appointed
director
2018-06-01
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LONDESBROUGH, Jennifer appointed
director
2018-06-01
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Londesbrough Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2018

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

Incorporated2018-06-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

36 Bayswater Drive

Rainham

Gillingham

ME8 8TF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-13

Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LONDESBROUGH, Alan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-06-01

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Active

LONDESBROUGH, Jennifer→

director · ~63y · appointed 2018-06-01

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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-04-07

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-03-27