HARLEY LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04168699 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-06
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    HARLEY, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  4. 2023-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-02-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-07
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    HARLEY, Gerard David resigned
    director
  16. 2015-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2001-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As HARLEY LEISURE LIMITED
  19. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    HARLEY, Janet Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    HARLEY, Janet Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-02-27
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    HARLEY, Gerard David appointed
    director
  24. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-02-27
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HARLEY, Paul Francis (same surname) appointed 2023-06-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Janet Mary Harley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Bishop House
10 Wheat Street
Brecon
Powys
LD3 7DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HARLEY, Janet Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-27
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Active
HARLEY, Janet Mary→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-02-27
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Active
HARLEY, Paul Francis→
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2001-02-27
Resigned
HARLEY, Gerard David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2016-01-07
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2001-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-06