BOWMANS LEISURE LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

04288009 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-14

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01490

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 18.8y

55/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 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 · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £96,655

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£-96.7k	£352.0k
Average employees	147	14300

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

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1 signal 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-01
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POWELL, Richard Ian appointed
director
2025-07-01
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ALEXANDER, Nicholas James, The Earl Of Caledon resigned
director
2025-07-01
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REYNOLDS, Sally Ann resigned
director
2024-08-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-09-26
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WOLFE, Andrew Ronald appointed
director
2016-11-24
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BUTTERWORTH, Camilla Jane appointed
director
2016-11-24
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LOUND, Sally Patricia appointed
director
2014-05-22
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ANDERSON, David Stirk resigned
director
2014-05-22
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REYNOLDS, Sally Ann appointed
director
2013-05-24
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ALEXANDER, Nicholas James, The Earl Of Caledon appointed
director
2013-04-09
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SALE, Henry John Walker resigned
secretary
2013-04-09
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SALE, Henry John Walker resigned
director
2007-12-13
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-10-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-07-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-05-31
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ARKWRIGHT, Andrew John appointed
director
2007-05-31
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ANDERSON, David Stirk appointed
director
2002-04-25
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MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Hylton Robert appointed
director
2002-04-25
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SALE, Henry John Walker appointed
secretary
2002-04-25
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DICKINSON DEES resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-25
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CARE, Timothy James resigned
nominee-director
2002-04-25
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SALE, Henry John Walker appointed
director
2001-09-14
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Company incorporated
As BOWMANS LEISURE LIMITED
2001-09-14
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DICKINSON DEES appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-09-14
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CARE, Timothy James appointed
nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ALEXANDER, Nicholas James, The Earl Of Caledon resigned 2025-07-01; REYNOLDS, Sally Ann resigned 2025-07-01

Group structure

Tyttenhanger Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Tyttenhanger Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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BOWMANS LEISURE LIMITED

This company · 04288009

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Tyttenhanger Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

Fernwood House Fernwood Road

Jesmond

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE2 1TJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19