AEW SPORTS ACADEMY LTD

💤Zombieactive

11909266 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-27

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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: 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. 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: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

19 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-27
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officers · TM01
2026-03-26
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AKRAM, Wasim resigned
director
2025-10-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-03
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accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-05
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HESKEY, Emile William Ivanhoe resigned
director
2019-03-27
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Company incorporated
As AEW SPORTS ACADEMY LTD
2019-03-27
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MALIK, Atif Riaz appointed
director
2019-03-27
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AKRAM, Wasim appointed
director
2019-03-27
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HESKEY, Emile William Ivanhoe appointed
director
2019-03-27
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incorporation-company
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 Atif Riaz Malik Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/03/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Emile William Ivanhoe Heskeyceased 26/03/2026· 25-50% shares
Mr Wasim Akramceased 26/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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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ALL POWERS MMA LTD→ 07907429 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Unit 17 (3) Meadow Industrial Estate

Water Street

Stockport

SK1 2BU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MALIK, Atif Riaz→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-03-27

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Active

AKRAM, Wasim→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-03-27 · resigned 2026-03-26

Resigned

HESKEY, Emile William Ivanhoe→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-03-27 · resigned 2020-06-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-01

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-27

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-10-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-06-03