4ACES HEALTH CLUB LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16152357 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-27
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
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93120Activities of sport clubs
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (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: low (54/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 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
61/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-04
    COCKCROFT, Benjamin Charles Jack resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-03-14
    COCKCROFT, Benjamin Charles Jack appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4ACES HEALTH CLUB LIMITED
  8. 2024-12-27
    LAPPAS, Martyn appointed
    director
  9. 2024-12-27
    📄
    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 1.3 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

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: 2026-04-07

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Martyn Lappas
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control27/12/2024
Shaun Paul David Cave
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2026

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
Incorporated2024-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LAPPAS, Martyn
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-12-27
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Active
COCKCROFT, Benjamin Charles Jack
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-03-14 · resigned 2025-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-27