ABENBURY LEISURE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08689818 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-10
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    BOX, Rebecca Adeline resigned
    director
  2. 2026-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-12-08
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    BOX, Keith resigned
    director
  11. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ABENBURY LEISURE LTD
  19. 2013-09-13
    ➕
    BOX, Danny appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-13
    ➕
    BOX, Monica appointed
    director
  21. 2013-09-13
    ➕
    BOX, Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2013-09-13
    ➕
    BOX, Rebecca Adeline appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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 Monica Box
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Keith Boxceased 07/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2013-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3 Danesmoor Road
Manchester
M20 3JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOX, Danny→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOX, Monica→
director · ~76y · appointed 2013-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOX, Keith→
director · ~76y · appointed 2013-09-13 · resigned 2021-12-08
Resigned
BOX, Rebecca Adeline→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-09-13 · resigned 2026-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15