COACHING FOR CHRIST LTD.

🌳Matureactive

NI058166 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-02-15

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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accounts · AA
2025-09-02
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address · AD01
2025-09-02
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officers · TM01
2025-08-31
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BEATTIE, Mark Alistair resigned
director
2024-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-15
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
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officers · AP01
2021-10-20
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CLARKE, Stephen Roy appointed
director
2021-02-19
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officers · AP01
2020-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
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LOUGHERY, Richard John appointed
director
2020-01-06
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mortgage · MR01
2019-12-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Salight Foundation Limited
2019-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-01
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BEATTIE, Mark Alistair appointed
director
2019-04-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-03-31
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STRONG, Adam appointed
director
2019-02-01
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KERR, Alistair resigned
secretary
2019-02-01
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KERR, Alistair Charles resigned
director
2018-09-01
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SPEERS, Graham Hugh resigned
director
2017-06-07
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WILSON, Richard John appointed
director
2016-10-11
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MCFARLAND, Brian Charles resigned
director
2015-07-30
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MCFARLAND, Brian Charles appointed
director
2014-08-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Salight Foundation Limited
2013-01-08
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KERR, Alistair appointed
secretary
2012-12-20
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HUTCHINSON, Errol resigned
secretary
2012-12-20
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HUTCHINSON, Erroll resigned
director
2012-04-17
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SPEERS, Graham Hugh appointed
director
2011-10-01
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HUTCHINSON, Errol appointed
secretary
2011-10-01
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KERR, Alistair Charles appointed
director
2011-08-30
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HAYBURN, Colin resigned
secretary
2011-02-21
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COULTER, Donald George appointed
director
2011-02-21
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HAYBURN, Colin resigned
director
2008-09-29
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CRAWFORD, Allison resigned
director
2008-09-29
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CRAWFORD, Stephen resigned
director
2008-09-29
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HUTCHINSON, Erroll appointed
director
2006-02-15
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Company incorporated
As COACHING FOR CHRIST LTD.
2006-02-15
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HAYBURN, Colin appointed
secretary
2006-02-15
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CRAWFORD, Allison appointed
director
2006-02-15
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CRAWFORD, Stephen appointed
director
2006-02-15
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HAYBURN, Colin appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2006-02-15

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

122 First Floor

Fairhill House

122 Broughshane Street

Antrim

BT43 6EE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-02

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19