ANI SPORT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15210627 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-13
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
£6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,633
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,111 YoY
Cash YoY
+127%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↑ 127% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6.6k£10.7k
Current assets£25.2k£16.4k
Cash£15.7k£6.9k
Debtors£9.5k£9.5k
Net assets£6.6k£10.7k

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.

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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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-10-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANI SPORT LIMITED
  6. 2023-10-13
    IVES, Abigail Nicole appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-13
    IVES, Ingrid Deborah Margaret appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Abigail Nicole Ives
Individual · British · DOB 02/2004 · age 22
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/10/2023

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

51 Petresfield Way West Horndon
Brentwood
CM13 3TG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

IVES, Abigail Nicole
director · ~22y · appointed 2023-10-13
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Active
IVES, Ingrid Deborah Margaret
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-10-13
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-13