ACTIVE OUTDOOR PURSUITS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC253458 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → ready
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ↑Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → ready
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£154.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £154,087
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£154k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£169k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£67k£133k£200k£266k£333kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£171.4k£173.4k£374.7k
Current assets£168.7k£286.3k£332.5k
Cash£52.9k£38.3k£187.3k
Debtors£113.3k£245.6k£142.8k
Net assets£154.1k£127.9k£309.2k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-09-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-08-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-11-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2003-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE OUTDOOR PURSUITS LIMITED
  19. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    GIBSON, Sophia Kyle appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    GIBSON, Roy George Norman appointed
    director
  21. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    GIBSON, Sophia Kyle appointed
    director
  22. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy George Norman Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Sophia Kyle Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

1 Ad+
Cambuslang Court
Glasgow
G32 8FH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GIBSON, Sophia Kyle→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Roy George Norman→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Sophia Kyle→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property13/11/201214/09/2022

Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29