ATHLETES HQ LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16867947 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-21
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
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: low (53/100)

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

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, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATHLETES HQ LIMITED
  2. 2025-11-21
    BLAKE, George appointed
    director
  3. 2025-11-21
    A.E.C GROUP HOLDING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  4. 2025-11-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

A.E.C Group Holding Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
A.E.C Group Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
ATHLETES HQ LIMITED
This company · 16867947

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Blake
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/11/2025
A.E.C Group Holding Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/11/2025

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
Incorporated2025-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

90 Brixton Hill
London
Greater London
SW2 1QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-21
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLAKE, George
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-11-21
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Active
A.E.C GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-11-21
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Active

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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-21