LESLIE CASTLE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC584440 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£90.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £90,474

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£90k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£104k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£96.5k	£81.1k
Current assets	£103.6k	£84.2k
Net assets	£90.5k	£75.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2025-05-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-15
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capital · SH01
2019-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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Company incorporated
As LESLIE CASTLE LTD
2017-12-22
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ANDREA, John Cecil appointed
director
2017-12-22
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TEAL, Nicola Margaret Ann appointed
director
2017-12-22
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 John Cecil Andrea Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	22/12/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Nicola Margaret Ann Tealceased 31/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2017-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Leslie Castle

Leslie

Insch

Aberdeenshire

AB52 6NX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDREA, John Cecil→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-12-22

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Active

TEAL, Nicola Margaret Ann→

director · ~54y · appointed 2017-12-22

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Active

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