BASIS FOOTBALL COACHING COUNTY DURHAM LTD

🌱Startupactive
16108395 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-28
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-14
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-05-10
    ROBSON, Connor resigned
    director
  5. 2026-03-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-03-24
    MACLEOD, Craig Duncan appointed
    director
  7. 2025-07-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-01-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-11-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BASIS FOOTBALL COACHING COUNTY DURHAM LTD
  10. 2024-11-28
    MCGURK, Jack Robert appointed
    director
  11. 2024-11-28
    ROBSON, Connor appointed
    director
  12. 2024-11-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2025-12-11

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Duncan Macleod
Individual · English · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
75100%
75-100% shares09/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Connor Robsonceased 10/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

4 Greenfields Road
Bishop Auckland
DL14 9TE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-12-11OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACLEOD, Craig Duncan
director · ~40y · appointed 2026-03-24
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Active
MCGURK, Jack Robert
director · ~28y · appointed 2024-11-28
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Active
ROBSON, Connor
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-11-28 · resigned 2026-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-28