BLOOM PILATES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13891685 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-03
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-203
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -87% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £203
Net assets shrinking
Down £528 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 87% YoY
Cash YoY
-87%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£417
↓ 87% YoY
Net Worth
-£203
↓ 162% YoY
Current Assets
£541
Current Liabilities
-£203£478£1k£2k£3k£3kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-203£325
Current assets£541
Cash£417£3.2k
Debtors£124
Net assets£-203£325

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-02-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLOOM PILATES LTD
  5. 2022-02-03
    LYWOOD, Kate Frances appointed
    director
  6. 2022-02-03
    WAY, Jeremy Fraser appointed
    director
  7. 2022-02-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kate Frances Lywood
Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/02/2022
Mr Jeremy Fraser Way
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

C/O Evans Weir The Victoria
25 St Pancras
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 7LT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LYWOOD, Kate Frances
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-02-03
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Active
WAY, Jeremy Fraser
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-02-03
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-03