ALWAYS FOCUSED CIC

🌿Early-stageactive
15071216 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2023-08-14
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Very low cash
Cash position: £0

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£0
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-09-07
Total assets£0£0
Current assets£0£0
Cash£0£0
Debtors£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-01-27
    CHANG, Michael Anthony appointed
    director
  5. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2026-01-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2025-08-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2025-07-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2023-08-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALWAYS FOCUSED CIC
  10. 2023-08-14
    NEWELL-BRYANT, Princess Loretta appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-14
    SCARLET-BRYANT, Nathan Jamal appointed
    director
  12. 2023-08-14
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-08-27

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nathan Jamal Scarlet-Bryant
Individual · British · DOB 09/1993 · age 33
50–75%board control50-75% voting · board control14/08/2023
Mrs Princess Loretta Newell-Bryant
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
50–75%board control50-75% voting · board control14/08/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2023-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

167-169 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 5PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-08-27OVERDUE
Last: 2024-08-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHANG, Michael Anthony
director · ~34y · appointed 2026-01-27
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Active
NEWELL-BRYANT, Princess Loretta
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-08-14
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Active
SCARLET-BRYANT, Nathan Jamal
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-08-14
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2023-08-14