238 LEISURE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14847262 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2024
Net worth
£124
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £124

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
£124
Current Assets
£21k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-31
Total assets£4.1k
Current assets£20.9k
Cash£1.3k
Debtors£9.7k
Net assets£124

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 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-11-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-14
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  5. 2025-09-23
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-05-10
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2025-04-30
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2025-04-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2024-07-27
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2024-07-23
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2023-07-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 238 LEISURE LTD
  13. 2023-05-04
    KILROE, Barry Andrew appointed
    director
  14. 2023-05-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Andrew Kilroe
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

10 Green Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 1LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KILROE, Barry Andrew
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-05-04
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Recent filings (14 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-10-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-04-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-04