PF MERCHISTON JIU JITSU LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC800052 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-184
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93130Fitness facilities
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £184

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
-£184
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£-184
Current assets£3.1k
Cash£3.1k
Net assets£-184

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
    MADEJ, Mariusz Rafal appointed
    director
  2. 2025-11-24
    MADEJ, Monika resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-11-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-02-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PF MERCHISTON JIU JITSU LTD
  10. 2024-02-22
    HAURE-PLAYFAIR, Steven appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-22
    MADEJ, Monika appointed
    director
  12. 2024-02-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Haure-Playfair
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/02/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Monika Madejceased 24/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

C/O Glass Accountancy
Duddingston Yards
Edinburgh
EH15 3NT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HAURE-PLAYFAIR, Steven
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-02-22
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Active
MADEJ, Mariusz Rafal
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-11-24
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Active
MADEJ, Monika
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-02-22 · resigned 2025-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-22