ACE COMMUNITY SPORTS CIC

🌿Early-stageactive
15095049 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-24
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£1.7k
Current assets£1.6k
Cash£1.4k
Debtors£198
Net assets£100

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-09-12
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-24
    VASQUEZ LINCANGO, Jonathan resigned
    director
  5. 2023-08-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE COMMUNITY SPORTS CIC
  6. 2023-08-24
    AKINKUNLE, Olatubosun appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-24
    AKO, Ernest appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-24
    VASQUEZ LINCANGO, Jonathan appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-24
    📄
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-31

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ernest Ako
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2023
Mr Olatubosun Akinkunle
Individual · British · DOB 10/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Vasquez Lincangoceased 24/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · E postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A&G HEALTHCARE LTD
16193858 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ADMISSION ASSISTANT LIMITED
12439309 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
ADNITI LTD
13021858 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
ADOR SUPPLIERS LTD
11099615 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
ADORE DANCE LTD
13284272 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
ADPRIVACY LTD
15663649 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ADVANCE COLLEGE OF DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT LTD
12692217 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
ADVANCE INTELLIGENCE LTD
16205265 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ADVANCED SOCCER AND SPORTS ASSOC (ASSA) LTD
12231020 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
ADVERSE ASPIRE LTD
16138765 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ADVOCACY PRACTICE CLUB LTD
16767776 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AE SOLUTIONS LTD
14685466 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Flat 10 Galveston House
Harford Street
London
E1 4RH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

AKINKUNLE, Olatubosun
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKO, Ernest
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VASQUEZ LINCANGO, Jonathan
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-08-24 · resigned 2025-02-24
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (6 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2023-08-24