1ST LEGION GYM LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11793045 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-28
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Physical well-being activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees300200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-01
    ➖
    MCMANUS, George Seamus resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1ST LEGION GYM LTD
  12. 2019-01-28
    ➕
    MCMANUS, Jamie Stuart appointed
    director
  13. 2019-01-28
    ➕
    MCMANUS, Josh Stacey appointed
    director
  14. 2019-01-28
    ➕
    MCMANUS, George Seamus appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 Jamie Stuart Mcmanus
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/01/2019
Mr Josh Stacey Mcmanus
Individual · English · DOB 11/1994 · age 32
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George Seamus Mcmanusceased 10/06/2019· 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
Incorporated2019-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96040 — Physical well-being activities

Registered office

9 Stoughton Road
Oadby
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE2 4DS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCMANUS, Jamie Stuart→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-01-28
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Active
MCMANUS, Josh Stacey→
director · ~32y · appointed 2019-01-28
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Active
MCMANUS, George Seamus→
director · ~29y · appointed 2019-01-28 · resigned 2026-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-08