ADVENTURE BUDE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13482479 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£538.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £538,372
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£538k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £556.9k | £365.7k |
| Current assets | £1.44M | £1.67M |
| Cash | £1.19M | £1.64M |
| Debtors | £247.4k | £24.7k |
| Net assets | £538.4k | £350.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-17➖JOSLYN, Tracy Georgia resigneddirector
- 2023-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-06-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVENTURE BUDE LTD
- 2021-06-29➕CURRIE, Paul David appointeddirector
- 2021-06-29➕HORTON, Peter Roland appointeddirector
- 2021-06-29➕MCMANUS, Mark Patrick appointeddirector
- 2021-06-29➕JOSLYN, Tracy Georgia appointeddirector
- 2021-06-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A AND G MEDICALCARE LTD→ 14645784 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| A FOR E LIMITED→ 03014719 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| A2B SWIM SCHOOL LTD→ 15256861 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| ACADEMY OF MUSIC & SOUND (GATESHEAD) LTD→ 07091110 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| ACADEMY OF MUSIC & SOUND LTD→ 04604452 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| ACCESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES LTD→ 12497373 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AFGHAN COMMUNITY DEVON CIC→ 14428194 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AIM EDUCATION AND MENTORING (ACHIEVEMENT IN MOTION) LTD→ 14307088 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education
Registered office
The Grenville
Belle Vue
Bude
EX23 8JP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
CURRIE, Paul David→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HORTON, Peter Roland→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCMANUS, Mark Patrick→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOSLYN, Tracy Georgia→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-06-29 · resigned 2023-07-17
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-06-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29