EXECUTIVE GOLF & LEISURE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC164979 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-17

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£438.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Tour operator activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 15.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £438,012

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,083 YoY

Cash YoY

-31%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£543k

↓ 31% YoY

Net Worth

£438k

↓ 4.2% YoY

Current Assets

£987k

↑ 5.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£438.0k	£457.1k	£364.3k
Current assets	£987.3k	£932.4k	£807.5k
Cash	£543.4k	£788.2k	£759.1k
Debtors	£443.9k	£144.2k	£48.5k
Net assets	£438.0k	£457.1k	£364.3k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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2022-06-29
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2018-06-20
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2016-06-02
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2016-03-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-09-03
➕
BAIN, James Leslie appointed
secretary
1996-09-03
➕
POOK, Graeme William appointed
director
1996-09-03
➖
DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-09-03
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DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-04-17
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Company incorporated
As EXECUTIVE GOLF & LEISURE LIMITED
1996-04-17
➕
DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-04-17
➕
DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graeme William Pook Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/03/2017

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

Incorporated1996-04-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

2 Inverallan Road

Bridge Of Allan

Stirling

Stirlingshire

FK9 4JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BAIN, James Leslie→

secretary · appointed 1996-09-03

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Active

POOK, Graeme William→

director · ~65y · appointed 1996-09-03

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Active

DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-17 · resigned 1996-09-03

Resigned

DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-04-17 · resigned 1996-09-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	10/12/2010	—

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