FUTURE FITNESS KEEP FIT CLUB LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC238910 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 82 → 77
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Hygiene score: 82 → 77
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£112.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £112,344
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,764 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£112k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£107k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£51k£76k£102k£127kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£228.9k£265.2k
Current assets£106.7k£106.7k
Net assets£112.3k£127.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-06-17
    ➖
    WARNES, Frances resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-04
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  16. 2016-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-03-14
    ➕
    EVANS, Jason John appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-14
    ➖
    EVANS, Jason resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-14
    ➕
    WARNES, Frances appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-03-14
    ➖
    SCOTT, Craig resigned
    director
  21. 2007-03-14
    ➖
    WHITEHEAD, Stephen resigned
    director
  22. 2004-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    EVANS, Jason appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    SCOTT, Craig appointed
    director
  25. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Stephen appointed
    director
  26. 2002-10-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FUTURE FITNESS KEEP FIT CLUB LTD.
  27. 2002-10-30
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-10-30
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-10-30
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-10-30
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason John Evans
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

70 Kilmarnock Road
Shawlands
Glasgow
G41 3NN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

EVANS, Jason John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVANS, Jason→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
WARNES, Frances→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2026-06-17
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-10-30
Resigned
SCOTT, Craig→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
WHITEHEAD, Stephen→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2002-10-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property27/05/2004—
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Recent filings (75 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-04