LOYAL LEISURE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC296336 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-31

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 20.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	3700	3500

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-07-24
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2018-11-15
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accounts · AA
2017-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-11-25
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mortgage · MR04
2016-11-25
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-02-03
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-04
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-04-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2006-05-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2006-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2006-01-31
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Company incorporated
As LOYAL LEISURE LTD.
2006-01-31
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HOWELL, Karl Peter appointed
secretary
2006-01-31
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HOWELL, Karl Peter appointed
director
2006-01-31
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HOWELL, Simon Peter appointed
director
2006-01-31
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NORMAN, David Osborne appointed
director
2006-01-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-01-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Karl Peter Howell Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Simon Peter Howell Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David Osborne Norman Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated2006-01-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Strathmore Golf Centre Leroch

Alyth

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH11 8NZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HOWELL, Karl Peter→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-31

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Active

HOWELL, Karl Peter→

director · ~80y · appointed 2006-01-31

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Active

HOWELL, Simon Peter→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-01-31

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Active

NORMAN, David Osborne→

director · ~72y · appointed 2006-01-31

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	Standard security	1 property	21/04/2008	25/11/2016
outstanding	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	Standard security	1 property	23/05/2006	—
outstanding	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	Floating charge	1 property	28/02/2006	—

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