ABSOLUTE HEMEL LTD

🌱Startupactive
16728839 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-19
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
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (57/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
3 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-22
    SUGARMAN, Roger Elliot resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-19
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-09-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE HEMEL LTD
  5. 2025-09-19
    HOLLAND, James David Edwin appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-19
    SUGARMAN, Roger Elliot appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-19
    📄
    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 0.7 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
Mr James David Edwin Holland
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Roger Sugarmanceased 01/02/2026· 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
Incorporated2025-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

2 Woodlands Way
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 1HL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HOLLAND, James David Edwin
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-09-19
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Active
SUGARMAN, Roger Elliot
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-09-19 · resigned 2026-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (3 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-19