77 WORKS SPORTS CONSULTING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15528638 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-02-28
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
57/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 57/100 (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 (53/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
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Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-08-06
    LARYEA, Rosemary Adjeley appointed
    director
  2. 2024-08-06
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-07-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-06-15
    VOLFRIN, Marie Michaella Cynthia resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 77 WORKS SPORTS CONSULTING LTD
  6. 2024-02-28
    TRAVAILLEUR, Max Guy appointed
    director
  7. 2024-02-28
    VOLFRIN, Marie Michaella Cynthia appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-28
    📄
    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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-13

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Flat 7 57 Castle Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 7SN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-11-30OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LARYEA, Rosemary Adjeley
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-08-06
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Active
TRAVAILLEUR, Max Guy
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-02-28
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Active
VOLFRIN, Marie Michaella Cynthia
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-02-28 · resigned 2024-06-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-28