ALP LEISURE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03471211 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-25
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-214.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £214,522
Cash YoY
+43%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£366k
↑ 43% YoY
Net Worth
-£215k
↑ 9.2% YoY
Current Assets
£448k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£236k-£99k£37k£174k£311k£448kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-205.0k£-216.2k
Current assets£448.1k£339.7k
Cash£366.5k£256.9k
Debtors£77.4k£78.0k
Net assets£-214.5k£-236.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-08-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-11-18
    ➖
    PERKINS, Melissa resigned
    director
  18. 2005-11-18
    ➖
    RUCK KEENE, Tania Caroline resigned
    director
  19. 2003-01-20
    ➕
    COLLINS, Lucie Catherine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-01-20
    ➖
    HAMPTON, Andrew Michael, Major resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-10-15
    ➕
    PERKINS, Melissa appointed
    director
  22. 1999-10-15
    ➕
    RUCK KEENE, Tania Caroline appointed
    director
  23. 1997-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALP LEISURE LTD.
  24. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    COLLINS, Lucie Catherine appointed
    director
  25. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    LEAROYD, Christopher John appointed
    director
  26. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    HAMPTON, Andrew Michael, Major appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-11-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-11-25
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher John Learoyd
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Lucie Catherine Collins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

15 West Street
Brighton
BN1 2RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COLLINS, Lucie Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Lucie Catherine→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEAROYD, Christopher John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMPTON, Andrew Michael, Major→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 2003-01-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-25 · resigned 1997-11-25
Resigned
PERKINS, Melissa→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-10-15 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
RUCK KEENE, Tania Caroline→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-10-15 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14