ALTON COURT LEISURE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16160032 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTON COURT LEISURE LTD
  2. 2025-01-02
    WATKINS, Brian Jeffrey appointed
    director
  3. 2025-01-02
    WATKINS, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-02
    WATKINS, Josh Benjamin appointed
    director
  5. 2025-01-02
    WATKINS, Thomas William Harris appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WATKINS, Josh Benjamin (same surname) appointed 2025-01-02. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Alton Court Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alton Court Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALTON COURT LEISURE LTD
This company · 16160032

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
Alton Court Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Cobnash Farm
Kingsland
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 9RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WATKINS, Brian Jeffrey
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Active
WATKINS, Helen Mary
director · ~77y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Active
WATKINS, Josh Benjamin
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Active
WATKINS, Thomas William Harris
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-02