MONUMENT LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166905 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒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
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.1y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (89/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £1,676,801

Key financials

3 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 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-262024-09-262023-09-26
Profit before tax£-1.68M£-1.59M£-1.25M
Average employees5771007200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 other
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 other
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2026-06-21
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  3. 2026-06-21
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  4. 2026-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-11-11
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    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-09-26
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  8. 2025-09-26
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    other · AGREEMENT2
  9. 2025-09-26
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  10. 2024-10-25
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  11. 2024-10-07
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    other · AGREEMENT2
  12. 2024-10-07
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  13. 2023-06-23
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  14. 2022-09-23
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  15. 2022-03-25
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  16. 2021-09-22
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  17. 2021-05-12
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  18. 2021-04-13
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  19. 2020-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2020-08-26
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    MACDONALD, Ruaridh resigned
    director
  21. 2019-11-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2019-03-12
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    O'CALLAGHAN, Francis resigned
    director
  23. 2018-12-20
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    MACDONALD, Marjorie appointed
    director
  24. 2016-09-09
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    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2016-01-18
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    COOK, Robert Barclay resigned
    director
  26. 2015-03-27
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    SMITH, Gerard Henry appointed
    director
  27. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    COOK, Robert Barclay appointed
    director
  28. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Ruaridh appointed
    director
  29. 2013-05-03
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    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
    director
  30. 2012-12-01
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    RILLAERTS, Iris Albertina Blondina resigned
    director
  31. 2010-07-05
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    RILLAERTS, Iris Albertina Blondina appointed
    director
  32. 2009-12-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  33. 2009-11-06
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    FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
    director
  34. 2009-04-28
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    TILLEY, Irene Margaret resigned
    director
  35. 2009-03-07
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    GILLIES, Iain appointed
    secretary
  36. 2009-03-07
    ➕
    GILLIES, Iain appointed
    director
  37. 2009-03-07
    ➖
    TILLEY, Irene Margaret resigned
    secretary
  38. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
    secretary
  39. 2006-12-06
    ➖
    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  40. 2006-04-03
    ➕
    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  41. 2006-04-03
    ➖
    LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2003-03-23
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    DALLAS, Marshall Cameron resigned
    director
  43. 2002-04-30
    ➖
    MCILRATH, Martin Alexander resigned
    director
  44. 2002-04-14
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    TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
    director
  45. 2002-02-25
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    DALLAS, Marshall Cameron appointed
    director
  46. 1998-06-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  47. 1996-09-25
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    MCILRATH, Martin Alexander appointed
    director
  48. 1996-09-25
    ➕
    O'CALLAGHAN, Francis appointed
    director
  49. 1996-09-25
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    DURANO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 1996-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As MONUMENT LEISURE LIMITED
Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Monument Leisure Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Monument Leisure Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MONUMENT LEISURE LIMITED
This company · SC166905

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
Monument Leisure Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Grange Manor Hotel
Glensburgh Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8XJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-26
Last made up to: 2025-09-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

GILLIES, Iain→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-07
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Active
GILLIES, Iain→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-03-07
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Active
MACDONALD, Marjorie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-12-20
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Active
SMITH, Gerard Henry→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TILLEY, Irene Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2009-03-07
Resigned
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-03 · resigned 2006-12-06
Resigned
LEDINGHAM CHALMERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-10 · resigned 2006-04-03
Resigned
COOK, Robert Barclay→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2016-01-18
Resigned
DALLAS, Marshall Cameron→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-25 · resigned 2003-03-23
Resigned
FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-09-09 · resigned 2025-11-11
Resigned
FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-06 · resigned 2013-05-03
Resigned
MACDONALD, Ruaridh→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2020-08-26
Resigned
MCILRATH, Martin Alexander→
director · ~69y · appointed 1996-09-25 · resigned 2002-04-30
Resigned
O'CALLAGHAN, Francis→
director · ~87y · appointed 1996-09-25 · resigned 2019-03-12
Resigned
RILLAERTS, Iris Albertina Blondina→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-07-05 · resigned 2012-12-01
Resigned
TILLEY, Irene Margaret→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-04-14 · resigned 2009-04-28
Resigned
DURANO LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-10 · resigned 1996-09-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property26/06/199805/12/2009

Recent filings (136 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-22
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-06-21
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2026-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-11
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-26
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-07
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23