SONIK SPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06367388 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-11

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.98M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32300

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

13 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 18.3y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,984,794

Cash YoY

+54%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£578k

↑ 54% YoY

Net Worth

£2.0m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£4.7m

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.98M	£1.98M
Current assets	£4.72M	£3.57M
Cash	£578.4k	£375.8k
Debtors	£1.16M	£801.7k
Net assets	£1.98M	£1.98M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-17
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2025-07-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-18
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WHITFIELD, Craig appointed
director
2024-10-18
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officers · AP01
2024-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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VERMEULEN, Pascal appointed
director
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-22
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-12-18
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-12-16
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-11-23
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annual-return · RP04AR01
2020-11-23
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annual-return · RP04AR01
2019-08-27
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GILTHORPE, David Alexander appointed
director
2019-08-27
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HAKONSEN, Atle appointed
director
2017-05-31
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MARTIN, Moray Brebner resigned
director
2017-03-31
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MURPHY, Timothy Ralph Robert resigned
director
2017-02-03
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-05-27
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-05-25
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Charge satisfied #8
2016-02-05
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RUTHERFORD, Francesca resigned
secretary
2016-02-05
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RUTHERFORD, Francesca resigned
director
2015-09-24
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MURPHY, Timothy Ralph Robert appointed
director
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #9
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #7
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #6
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #5
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #4
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-01-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-10-22
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2014-07-01
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RUTHERFORD, Francesca appointed
secretary
2014-07-01
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RUTHERFORD, Francesca appointed
director
2014-05-01
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MARTIN, Moray Brebner appointed
director
2014-04-19
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ANDERSON, Anthony resigned
director
2013-04-30
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SWADDLE-SCOTT, Stanley Timothy resigned
director
2012-09-12
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MURRAY, Gerard Thomas resigned
director
2012-07-31
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RIDDELL, Simon resigned
secretary
2012-07-31
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RIDDELL, Simon Francis resigned
director
2012-07-16
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SWADDLE-SCOTT, Stanley Timothy appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 72 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sir Peter Vardy Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300

Registered office

Blyth Riverside

Business Park

Blyth

Northumberland

NE24 4RP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11