9E LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06605678 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-124.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 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.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
53 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £124,354

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£124k
Current Assets
£33k
Current Liabilities
—
-£124k-£93k-£61k-£30k£2k£33kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-124.4k—
Current assets£33.2k—
Net assets£-124.4k—

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2022-11-26
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  5. 2022-04-08
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  6. 2021-08-03
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  7. 2020-10-26
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  8. 2019-09-26
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  9. 2018-09-25
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  10. 2017-11-06
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  11. 2017-07-14
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  12. 2016-11-05
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  13. 2016-07-05
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  14. 2016-01-22
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  16. 2015-07-09
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  17. 2014-06-16
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    FURNELL, Darren resigned
    director
  18. 2014-06-02
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    ELLIOTT, Lee Hobson resigned
    director
  19. 2008-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Punch Taverns (Pml) Limited
  20. 2008-06-23
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    ELLIOTT, Lee Hobson appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 9E LEISURE LIMITED
  22. 2008-05-29
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    PETERSEN, Colin John appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-29
    ➕
    STAFFORD, Michael James appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-29
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    FURNELL, Darren appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

68 The Street
Liddington
Swindon
SN4 0HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PETERSEN, Colin John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-05-29
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Active
STAFFORD, Michael James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-05-29
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Active
ELLIOTT, Lee Hobson→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2014-06-02
Resigned
FURNELL, Darren→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-05-29 · resigned 2014-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Punch Taverns (Pml)
Punch Taverns (Pml) Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property24/06/2008—
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Recent filings (53 total)

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2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-27