ABERDARE TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

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15825978 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-07-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£255.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

6 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £255,793

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£256k

Current Assets

£6k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31
Total assets	£255.8k
Current assets	£6.4k
Net assets	£255.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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accounts · AA
2025-02-06
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officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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officers · AP01
2025-02-01
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PEARCE, Raymond John appointed
director
2025-02-01
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SPECK, Carwyn appointed
director
2025-02-01
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SPECK, Joanne appointed
director
2024-07-08
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Company incorporated
As ABERDARE TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
2024-07-08
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PEARCE, Stephen appointed
secretary
2024-07-08
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PEARCE, Ian David appointed
director
2024-07-08
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PEARCE, Stephen appointed
director
2024-07-08
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WILLIAMS, Garry Thomas appointed
director
2024-07-08
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PEARCE, Ian David (same surname) appointed 2024-07-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Garry Thomas Williams Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	08/07/2024
Stephen Pearce Individual · Welsh · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	08/07/2024
Ian David Pearce Individual · English · DOB 05/1980 · age 46	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	08/07/2024

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

Incorporated2024-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

71-75 Shelton Street

Covent Garden

London

WC2H 9JQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07