10:10 VENTURES LTD

💤Zombieactive
11925285 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,316

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 131% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k£832£6k£11k£16k£21kApr 2024Apr 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2.8k£-4.3k
Current assets£21.3k£21.3k
Net assets£1.3k£-4.3k

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-11-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-11-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 10:10 VENTURES LTD
  13. 2019-04-04
    STAPLETON, Alan James appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Alan James Stapleton
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
75100%
75-100% shares04/04/2019

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · CV postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
0FFSET TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
12604852 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
11PLUS SUCCESS LTD
12413958 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
121 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LTD
13032687 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
121 ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED
13989817 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
1ST CLASS DRIVER TRAINING LIMITED
07298296 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
3CHI'S LIMITED
15787156 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
5D LIFE CIC
16860885 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
793 CHALLENGE LIMITED
12550253 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
7DALEY LIMITED
10620970 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
AAA EDUCATION LTD
16339545 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
AACKA COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
16393465 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ABACUS PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY LIMITED
07276939 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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 →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Manor Court Chambers Townsend Drive
Attleborough Fields Ind Estate
Nuneaton
CV11 6RU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

STAPLETON, Alan James
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-05