FAMILY FUN CENTRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02709502 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-24
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 92000Gambling and betting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
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    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2015-04-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-04-25
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    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry appointed
    director
  18. 2012-01-10
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    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry resigned
    director
  19. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry appointed
    director
  20. 1997-06-30
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Zoe appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-06-30
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Vivienne appointed
    director
  22. 1997-06-30
    ➖
    RATCLIFFE, Vivienne resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-06-30
    ➖
    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry resigned
    director
  24. 1992-06-01
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Vivienne appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-06-01
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1992-06-01
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry appointed
    director
  27. 1992-06-01
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1992-06-01
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1992-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As FAMILY FUN CENTRE LIMITED
  30. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Vivienne Ratcliffe
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1992-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Venetian Pavilion The Promenade
Spittal
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Zoe→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RATCLIFFE, Vivienne→
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RATCLIFFE, Vivienne→
secretary · appointed 1992-06-01 · resigned 1997-06-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-24 · resigned 1992-06-01
Resigned
RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-04-25 · resigned 2025-11-12
Resigned
RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry→
director · ~83y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2012-01-10
Resigned
RATCLIFFE, Joseph Henry→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-06-01 · resigned 1997-06-30
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-24 · resigned 1992-06-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-24 · resigned 1992-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30