DIRECT SOCCER LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.6y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3900 | 3900 |
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 →Recent activity
- • 2 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2026-01-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-01-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-01-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-12🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-04-01➕GIBSON, Joyce appointeddirector
- 2013-02-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-11-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2007-10-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2007-09-24🏢Company incorporatedAs DIRECT SOCCER LIMITED
- 2007-09-24➕GIBSON, Joyce appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-24➕GIBSON, Bryce appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bryce Gibson Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 24/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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.
See pricing →Company details
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Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/04/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 20/02/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 22/11/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 10/10/2007 | — |