ACTIVE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11016832 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-17
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
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees00

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.

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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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  17. 2017-10-17
    ALLAN, John appointed
    director
  18. 2017-10-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 John Allan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest17/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

First Floor, The Foundation Herons Way
Chester Business Park
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 9GB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ALLAN, John
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-10-17
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01