1UP ESPORTS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16097813 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-25
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93120Activities of sport clubs
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-01
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-31
    WAKE, Andrew David resigned
    director
  6. 2024-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1UP ESPORTS LIMITED
  7. 2024-11-25
    DOWLING-HOLROYD, Shelley appointed
    director
  8. 2024-11-25
    WAKE, Andrew David appointed
    director
  9. 2024-11-25
    📄
    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 1.5 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Shelley Dowling-Holroyd
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Andrew David Wakeceased 31/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DOWLING-HOLROYD, Shelley
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-11-25
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Active
WAKE, Andrew David
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-11-25 · resigned 2025-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-25