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ACTIVE OUTDOOR PURSUITS LIMITED
- · Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
- · Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
- · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
- · Opportunity score: 82 → 70
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "zombie"
Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 6 negative signals vs 1 positive.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
- ↓Opportunity score: 82 → 70
- ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- +4 more
Picture worsened over the last 90 days — 6 negative signals vs 1 positive.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
- ↓Opportunity score: 82 → 70
- ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- +4 more
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
- 2003-07-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE OUTDOOR PURSUITS LIMITED
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 23 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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