BEACON HILL LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05366253 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does

Likely operating a sports or leisure club in the Berwick-Upon-Tweed area — possibly golf, tennis, or similar recreational activities — managing facilities, memberships, and day-to-day venue operations for local participants.

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-07-26
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  3. 2024-07-25
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  4. 2023-12-05
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  5. 2022-10-24
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  6. 2022-03-29
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  7. 2021-01-26
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  8. 2021-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-11
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    MOORE, Christopher Brooks appointed
    director
  10. 2019-12-16
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  11. 2019-01-24
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  12. 2018-02-16
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  13. 2017-10-12
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  14. 2017-02-10
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  15. 2017-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-03-01
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    MOORE, Clare Frances Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-01
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    MOORE, Alun Brooks appointed
    director
  19. 2005-03-01
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    MOORE, Clare Frances Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2005-03-01
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-03-01
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2005-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BEACON HILL LEISURE LIMITED
  23. 2005-02-16
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-02-16
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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

90/100
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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Alun Brooks Moore
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Clare Frances Anne Moore
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2005-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MOORE, Clare Frances Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-01
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Active
MOORE, Alun Brooks→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-03-01
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Active
MOORE, Christopher Brooks→
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-01-11
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Active
MOORE, Clare Frances Anne→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-03-01
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-02-16 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-02-16 · resigned 2005-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
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accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
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officers · AP01
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-19