ARKLEBY LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04776066 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-23
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£5.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,938

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£5.9k
Current assets£8.0k
Net assets£5.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-04
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-06-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ARKLEBY LEISURE LIMITED
  17. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Carole Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Carole Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    WILKINSON, George Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    WILKINSON, George Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Jennie Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-23
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-05-23
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-05-23
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Wilkinson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Arkleby House
Arkleby
Aspatria
Cumbria
CA7 2BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

WILKINSON, Carole Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-23
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Active
WILKINSON, Carole Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-23
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Active
WILKINSON, George Graham→
director · ~44y · appointed 2003-05-23
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Active
WILKINSON, George Henry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILKINSON, Jennie Margaret→
director · ~42y · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13