ARENA SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC224314 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-17
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
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£70k£140k£210k£280k£350kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets—£172.8k
Current assets—£350.5k
Cash—£10.7k
Debtors—£339.8k
Net assets—£136.1k
Average employees2—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-02-20
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  4. 2022-07-15
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  5. 2022-01-18
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  6. 2022-01-18
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  7. 2022-01-18
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  8. 2022-01-18
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  9. 2022-01-18
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  10. 2022-01-18
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  11. 2021-09-10
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  12. 2021-09-10
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  13. 2021-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  14. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2009-04-07
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    DONAGHY, Christine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-04-07
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    O'NEIL, Lisa Anne resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-04-07
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    O'NEIL, Lisa Anne resigned
    director
  21. 2009-04-07
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    O'NEILL, Brian resigned
    director
  22. 2007-03-25
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    O'NEILL, Brian appointed
    director
  23. 2001-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ARENA SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  24. 2001-10-17
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    DONAGHY, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2001-10-17
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    O'NEIL, Lisa Anne appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-10-17
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    O'NEIL, Lisa Anne appointed
    director
  29. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2001-10-17
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

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 Mark Donaghy
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

21 Acton Gardens East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 8WH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DONAGHY, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONAGHY, Mark→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'NEIL, Lisa Anne→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2009-04-07
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2001-10-17
Resigned
O'NEIL, Lisa Anne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2009-04-07
Resigned
O'NEILL, Brian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-03-25 · resigned 2009-04-07
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2001-10-17
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2001-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

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2025-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18