BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01876267 · ltd · incorporated 1985-01-10

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 Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 37/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

24 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 39.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 63/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

24 charges (24/24 with lender, 24/24 with type)

Directors & officers

40 officers (9 active, 40 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

25 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

209 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £2,701,488

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-24
Profit before tax	£-2.70M
Average employees	66600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

6 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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accounts · AA01
2025-12-16
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mortgage · MR04
2025-12-16
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mortgage · MR04
2025-12-16
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Charge satisfied #9
2025-12-16
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Charge satisfied #8
2025-12-11
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mortgage · MR01
2025-12-11
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mortgage · MR01
2025-12-10
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Charge registered #24
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-12-10
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2025-11-28
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mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #21
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #19
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-04-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-01
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2025-04-01
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Charge registered #17
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-03-26
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BROWN, Michael resigned
director
2025-03-26
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officers · TM01
2025-03-21
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accounts · AA
2025-02-04
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HOLDEN, Mark appointed
director
2025-02-04
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officers · AP01
2025-01-23
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officers · TM01
2025-01-22
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HODKINSON, Steven Paul resigned
director
2024-09-03
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officers · TM01
2024-09-02
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COLLINS, John Patrick Chamberlain resigned
director
2024-08-02
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mortgage · MR04
2024-08-02
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Charge satisfied #16
2024-07-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-29
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Charge registered #16
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2024-04-02
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HODKINSON, Steven Paul appointed
director
2024-04-02
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officers · AP01
2024-03-28
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KILGALLON, Nigel Peter resigned
director
2024-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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COX, James Robert appointed
director
2023-06-01
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HYGATE, Andrew Christopher appointed
director
2023-06-01
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MURPHY, Karl Michael appointed
director
2022-12-16
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OWEN, Robert Alexander resigned
director
2022-08-17
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KILGALLON, Nigel Peter appointed
director
2022-03-31
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KILGALLON, Nigel Peter resigned
director
2021-07-27
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THOMPSON, Barbara Joan resigned
director
2018-08-02
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Charge registered #15
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-05-25
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2016-07-08
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 109 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.

Red flags

1 high · 2 med · 1 low

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-20

6 new charges in last 12 months

medium

Heavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.

Evidence: 2025-12-10: A registered charge; 2025-12-10: A registered charge; 2025-11-28: A registered charge

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

18 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED

This company · 01876267

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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11 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-01-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

Pleasure Beach

Ocean Boulevard, Promenade

Blackpool

FY4 1EZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-20OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-03-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01