ASPIRE CHEERLEADING ACADEMY CIC

🌿Early-stageactive
15407723 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-01-12
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. 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). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-01-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASPIRE CHEERLEADING ACADEMY CIC
  2. 2024-01-12
    OATES, Chloe Lee appointed
    director
  3. 2024-01-12
    OATES, Lauren Ann appointed
    director
  4. 2024-01-12
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

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 2.4 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

2 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: 2025-10-12

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-25

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lauren Ann Oates
Individual · British · DOB 01/2000 · age 26
50–75%board control50-75% voting · board control12/01/2024
Miss Chloe Lee Oates
Individual · British · DOB 04/2003 · age 23
50–75%board control50-75% voting · board control12/01/2024

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
Incorporated2024-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Flat 6 Grove House
Foster Street
Penrith
CA11 7NZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-10-12OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-01-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

OATES, Chloe Lee
director · ~23y · appointed 2024-01-12
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OATES, Lauren Ann
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-01-12
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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2024-01-12