A4F SPORTS CLOTHING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12131208 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-31

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 Jul 2024

Net worth

£47.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46160

Sector: Wholesale & retail

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. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

16 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 £47,239

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£47k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Assets

£51k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£47.2k	£34.0k
Current assets	£51.5k	£39.0k
Net assets	£47.2k	£34.0k

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 (15 events)Click to expand

2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-25
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accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-07
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officers · AP01
2020-08-07
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officers · TM01
2019-12-12
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KIRK-ELLIS, Hayley Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-12-12
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HEARN, Robert resigned
director
2019-07-31
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Company incorporated
As A4F SPORTS CLOTHING LTD
2019-07-31
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KIRK-ELLIS, Matthew appointed
director
2019-07-31
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HEARN, Robert appointed
director
2019-07-31
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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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Hayley Elizabeth Kirk-Ellis Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/12/2019
Mr Matthew Kirk-Ellis Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/07/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert Hearnceased 12/12/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2019-07-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

Aspire 4 Fitness Debdale Lane Ind. Est.

Debdale Lane

Keyworth

Nottinghamshire

NG12 5HN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KIRK-ELLIS, Hayley Elizabeth→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-12-12

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KIRK-ELLIS, Matthew→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-07-31

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Active

HEARN, Robert→

director · ~27y · appointed 2019-07-31 · resigned 2019-12-12

Resigned

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