ANCASTER LEISURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02388478 · ltd · incorporated 1989-05-24

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 14.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£2.96M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 14.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £2,959,743

Cash YoY

+53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£552k

↑ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£3.0m

↑ 6.1% YoY

Current Assets

£697k

↑ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£3.07M	£2.89M
Current assets	£697.4k	£526.3k
Cash	£552.0k	£360.4k
Debtors	£14.9k	£87.6k
Net assets	£2.96M	£2.79M

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2025-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2024-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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HOTCHKINS, Mark appointed
director
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-29
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
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incorporation · MA
2021-02-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-02
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capital · SH08
2020-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-02-21
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Charge satisfied #4
2011-10-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-10-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-10-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-10-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2010-10-31
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JOHNSON, Nicholas Robin resigned
director
1997-04-07
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JOHNSON, Richard Leslie appointed
director
1997-04-07
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JOHNSON, Nicholas Robin appointed
director
1993-10-31
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WILLIAMS, Jack Robert resigned
director
1992-11-10
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WILLIAMS, Jack Robert appointed
director
1989-05-24
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Company incorporated
As ANCASTER LEISURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

1 med ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Leslie Johnson Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	22/02/2021
Mrs Deanne Johnson Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Leslie Johnsonceased 22/02/2021· 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

Incorporated1989-05-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Wood Lodge

Pitts Hill Farm

Ancaster

Grantham,Lincs

NG32 3PY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-07

Last: 2025-11-23