AB SALUTE GYM BISHOP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14096961 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-10
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-248.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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 (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £248,918
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
-£249k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↑ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£259k-£172k-£84k£3k£91k£178kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-212.1k£-210.4k
Current assets£178.4k£96.9k
Cash£20.4k£26.5k
Debtors£152.3k£64.3k
Net assets£-248.9k£-259.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2025-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB SALUTE GYM BISHOP LTD
  13. 2022-05-10
    HALL, Colin John appointed
    director
  14. 2022-05-10
    HALL, Stephen David appointed
    director
  15. 2022-05-10
    SKIPP, Martin David appointed
    director
  16. 2022-05-10
    SUMMERS, Paul Jamie appointed
    director
  17. 2022-05-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Ab Salute Gym Brentwood Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Ab Salute Gym Lakeside Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
AB SALUTE GYM BISHOP LTD
This company · 14096961

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ab Salute Gym Brentwood Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2022
Ab Salute Gym Lakeside Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

6 Lords Court
Cricketers Way
Basildon
Essex
SS13 1SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HALL, Colin John
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active
HALL, Stephen David
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active
SKIPP, Martin David
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active
SUMMERS, Paul Jamie
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-19