ACE OF SPORTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10166599 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-06
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
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year to May 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-07-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-03-01
    ➕
    JONES, Barrie appointed
    director
  14. 2020-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2018-07-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE OF SPORTS LTD
  20. 2016-05-06
    ➕
    JONES, John Barrie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Jones
Individual · British · DOB 09/1992 · age 34
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-06
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Ace Of Sports Stephen Gray Road
Bromfield Industrial Estate
Mold
CH7 1HE
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JONES, Barrie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-03-01
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JONES, John Barrie→
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-05-06
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Recent filings (29 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-22
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31