SLOT LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC095597 · ltd · incorporated 1985-10-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 40.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 40.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees800800

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
2
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  2. 2026-04-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2024-04-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2024-04-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-04-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-31
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2022-03-31
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  14. 2022-03-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-01-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2019-12-02
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    HORNE, Jonathan Henry resigned
    director
  20. 2012-03-26
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    HORNE, Jonathan Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2008-04-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1991-01-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1991-01-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 1986-05-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1986-01-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1985-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As SLOT LEISURE LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mr Henry Horne
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control02/12/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Henry Horneceased 02/12/2019· 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
Incorporated1985-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

22-26 Seagate
Dundee
DD1 2EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HORNE, Alison Joyce→
secretary
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Active
HORNE, Alison Joyce→
director · ~74y
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Active
HORNE, Henry→
director · ~77y
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Active
HORNE, Jonathan Henry→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-03-26 · resigned 2019-12-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property13/05/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property16/04/2008—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security2 properties05/05/198611/01/1991
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/01/198625/01/1991
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Recent filings (109 total)

capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27