UNIQUE LEISURE INNS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI638181 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-29
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 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
57/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 57/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
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£0Mar 2023Mar 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-312023-03-31
Average employees0300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-09-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2020-02-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-02-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-02-10
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Tennent's NI Limited
  14. 2020-02-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Tennent's NI Limited
  15. 2020-02-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tennent's NI Limited
  16. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2019-07-23
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2019-04-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-01-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2018-01-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Diageo Northern Ireland
  25. 2016-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As UNIQUE LEISURE INNS LTD
  26. 2016-04-29
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Ryan appointed
    director
  27. 2016-04-29
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Willis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-12-29

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2024-05-12

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ryan Mclaughlin
Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/04/2016
Mr Willis Mclaughlin
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-29
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

41-45 Main Street
Limavady
Co Derry
BT49 0EP
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-12-29OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2024-05-12OVERDUE
Last: 2023-04-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Ryan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-04-29
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Willis→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-04-29
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Tennent's NI
Tennent's NI Limited
A registered charge2 properties10/02/2020—
outstanding
Tennent's NI
Tennent's NI Limited
A registered charge—10/02/2020—
outstanding
Tennent's NI
Tennent's NI Limited
A registered charge3 properties10/02/2020—
satisfied
Diageo Northern Ireland
A registered charge1 property29/01/201820/09/2021
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-12