ACE PADEL 2 LIMITED

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16376159 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-09
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
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  2. 2026-04-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-03-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2026-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2026-02-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2026-02-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2026-02-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2026-02-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-10-01
    MARSDEN, Steven Richard appointed
    director
  11. 2025-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE PADEL 2 LIMITED
  12. 2025-04-09
    REYNOLDS, Jamie appointed
    director
  13. 2025-04-09
    📄
    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 1.2 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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-02-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Ace Padel Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ace Padel Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACE PADEL 2 LIMITED
This company · 16376159

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ace Padel Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/04/2025

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
Incorporated2025-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

6 Ferranti Court
Staffordshire Technology Park
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 0LQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARSDEN, Steven Richard
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-10-01
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Active
REYNOLDS, Jamie
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-04-09
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-09