ESSENTIAL LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05453302 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£2£2
Cash£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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.

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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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-03-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2019-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2018-08-07
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-06-12
    ➕
    CORRIGAN, Gemma Victoria appointed
    director
  19. 2017-06-12
    ➕
    CORRIGAN, Patrick Reivley appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-08
    ➖
    BELL, Neil resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2005-05-23
    ➕
    CORRIGAN, Laurence Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-23
    ➕
    BELL, Neil appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-05-23
    ➖
    SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-05-23
    ➖
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2005-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ESSENTIAL LEISURE LIMITED
  27. 2005-05-16
    ➕
    SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2005-05-16
    ➕
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS 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 74 — 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 74 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.)

Group structure

Essential Estates Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Essential Estates Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ESSENTIAL LEISURE LIMITED
This company · 05453302

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Essential Estates Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Suite 1 Priory House
Saxon Way
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 9PB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CORRIGAN, Gemma Victoria→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORRIGAN, Laurence Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORRIGAN, Patrick Reivley→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-23 · resigned 2017-06-08
Resigned
SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-05-16 · resigned 2005-05-23
Resigned
SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-05-16 · resigned 2005-05-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/02/200613/03/2023

Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-18