FOOTBALLHER LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15500441 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-18
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
£-120.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £120,596

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£121k
Current Assets
£132k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-120.6k
Current assets£132.5k
Net assets£-120.6k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 2 officers
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-01-22
    NAGHTEN HOARE, Kitty Louise appointed
    director
  3. 2026-01-22
    NAGHTEN HOARE, Kitty Louise resigned
    director
  4. 2026-01-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-01-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-11-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-06-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-06-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-06-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-02-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2024-02-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2024-02-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2024-02-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOOTBALLHER LIMITED
  15. 2024-02-18
    STANBRIDGE, Connor appointed
    director
  16. 2024-02-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mr Connor Stanbridge
Individual · British · DOB 10/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting18/02/2024

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

1 Allied Business Centre
Coldharbour Lane
Harpenden
AL5 4UT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-02
Last: 2026-06-18

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

STANBRIDGE, Connor
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-02-18
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Active
NAGHTEN HOARE, Kitty Louise
director · ~28y · appointed 2026-01-22 · resigned 2026-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-18