COLCHESTER FITNESS CENTRE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12822281 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-18

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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accounts · AA
2024-11-08
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accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-13
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officers · TM01
2020-12-07
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address · AD01
2020-10-06
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capital · SH01
2020-09-28
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SAVILLE, Carl resigned
director
2020-08-18
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Company incorporated
As COLCHESTER FITNESS CENTRE LTD
2020-08-18
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COWLER, Sam appointed
director
2020-08-18
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MAHER, Mark appointed
director
2020-08-18
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SAVILLE, Carl appointed
director
2020-08-18
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Madeline Maher Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2024
Mr Sam Cowler Individual · British · DOB 10/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/08/2020
Mr Mark Maher Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/08/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Carl Savilleceased 28/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2020-08-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Unit B2 Queensway Warehouse Peartree Road

Stanway

Colchester

Essex

CO3 0LQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COWLER, Sam→

director · ~34y · appointed 2020-08-18

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Active

MAHER, Mark→

director · ~38y · appointed 2020-08-18

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Active

SAVILLE, Carl→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-08-18 · resigned 2020-09-28

Resigned

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