ABC LEISURE GROUP LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

02860394 · ltd · incorporated 1993-10-08

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 30120

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

29 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 32.5y

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 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

29 charges (29/29 with lender, 29/29 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (9 active, 21 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

187 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £120,170

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-26	2024-10-27
Profit before tax	£120.2k	£188.2k
Average employees	167	16600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (113 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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mortgage · MR05
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mortgage · MR04
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Charge satisfied #27
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Charge satisfied #26
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Charge satisfied #25
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Charge satisfied #13
2024-11-29
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mortgage · MR01
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Charge registered #29
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2024-11-29
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Charge registered #28
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2024-10-18
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officers · AP01
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LEWIS, Daniel William appointed
director
2024-05-16
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accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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officers · TM01
2024-01-26
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HODGKISS, James David resigned
director
2023-06-21
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HODGKISS, James David appointed
director
2022-10-21
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HELPS, Edward John appointed
secretary
2022-10-21
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MITCHELL, Samantha resigned
secretary
2022-06-01
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BOATMAN, Alan appointed
director
2022-06-01
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FRANCE, Leigh appointed
director
2022-06-01
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HADLEY, Haley appointed
director
2021-04-21
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Charge registered #27
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-01-23
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Charge registered #26
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Boddice Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2018
Mr Edward John Helps Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2018
Mr Kevin Patrick Threlfall Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Edwards Helpsceased 01/05/2018· significant influence

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

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9 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

Incorporated1993-10-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC30120 — SIC 30120

Registered office

Scarfield Wharf

Alvechurch

Worcestershire

B48 7SQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-26

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-22

Last: 2025-10-08