EBENEZER LEISURE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC265273 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£99.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% 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 19.3y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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 £99,643

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

£100k

↑ 8.0% YoY

Current Assets

£231k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£105.5k	£108.1k
Current assets	£231.0k	£239.1k
Cash	£2.7k	£6.6k
Debtors	£91.6k	£95.9k
Net assets	£99.6k	£92.3k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-09
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accounts · AA
2015-05-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-13
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accounts · AA
2014-08-13
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GUNN, James Robert resigned
secretary
2006-12-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-03-22
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Company incorporated
As EBENEZER LEISURE LIMITED
2004-03-22
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LAMONT, Donald Murray appointed
director
2004-03-22
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GUNN, James Robert appointed
secretary
2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Donald Murray Lamont Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-03-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

46 Union Street

Wick

Caithness

KW1 5ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

LAMONT, Donald Murray→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

GUNN, James Robert→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2014-08-13

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	18/12/2006	—

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