GRANGE LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC169696 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-11

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 28.4y 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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.4y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-26	2024-09-26	2023-09-26
Average employees	45	3400	3500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 other
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 other
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-21
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-06-21
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-26
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-07
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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mortgage · MR01
2021-11-15
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-11-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-27
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-09-22
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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officers · TM01
2020-09-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-08-26
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MACDONALD, Ruaridh resigned
director
2019-11-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-03-12
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O'CALLAGHAN, Francis resigned
director
2016-01-18
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COOK, Robert Barclay resigned
director
2015-08-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-08-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-08-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-08-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-03-27
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SMITH, Gerard Henry appointed
director
2015-03-27
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COOK, Robert Barclay appointed
director
2015-03-27
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MACDONALD, Ruaridh appointed
director
2013-08-30
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
director
2009-11-06
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
director
2009-03-07
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GILLIES, Iain appointed
secretary
2009-03-07
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GILLIES, Iain appointed
director
2009-03-07
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret resigned
secretary
2009-03-07
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret resigned
director
2006-12-07
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
secretary
2006-12-06
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-04-03
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-04-03
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-26
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WALLACE, William Melville resigned
director
2003-04-14
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
director
2003-03-20
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DALLAS, Marshall Cameron resigned
director
2002-04-19
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MCILRATH, Martin Alexander resigned
director
2002-02-25
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DALLAS, Marshall Cameron appointed
director
1998-03-16
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MCILRATH, Martin Alexander appointed
director
1998-03-16
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O'CALLAGHAN, Francis appointed
director
1998-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1998-02-22
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MCILRATH, Martin Alexander resigned
director

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Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+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

89/100

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

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

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

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Monument Leisure Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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GRANGE LEISURE LIMITED

This company · SC169696

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Monument Leisure Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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BRUCE GROUP SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC236976 · est 2002	—	—	£409.4k	—	23y	83	60y
LION & UNICORN HOTEL LIMITED→ SC202210 · est 1999	—	—	—	15	26y	83	64y
LOCHSIDE COTTAGES LIMITED→ SC023268 · est 1945	—	—	£263.0k	—	81y	83	69y
BAR ALDO LIMITED→ SC312643 · est 2006	—	—	£20.6k	—	19y	82	62y
BLUENOTE RESTAURANT LTD.→ SC171302 · est 1997	—	—	£100.3k	—	29y	82	64y
CASTLE VIEW RETAIL LIMITED→ SC220895 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	82	65y
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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-11-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Grange Manor Hotel

Glensburgh Road

Grangemouth

Stirlingshire

FK3 8XJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-26

Last made up to: 2025-09-26

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-08

Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 14 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

SMITH, Gerard Henry→

director · ~76y · appointed 2015-03-27

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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 1996-11-11 · 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 2003-03-20

Resigned

FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-06 · resigned 2013-08-30

Resigned

MACDONALD, Ruaridh→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2020-08-26

Resigned

MCILRATH, Martin Alexander→

director · ~69y · appointed 1998-03-16 · resigned 2002-04-19

Resigned

MCILRATH, Martin Alexander→

director · ~69y · appointed 1997-06-19 · resigned 1998-02-22

Resigned

O'CALLAGHAN, Francis→

director · ~87y · appointed 1998-03-16 · resigned 2019-03-12

Resigned

O'CALLAGHAN, Francis→

director · ~87y · appointed 1997-06-19 · resigned 1998-02-22

Resigned

TILLEY, Irene Margaret→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-04-14 · resigned 2009-03-07

Resigned

WALLACE, William Melville→

director · ~89y · appointed 1998-02-22 · resigned 2006-02-26

Resigned

DURANO LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1996-11-11 · resigned 1997-06-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	3 properties	15/11/2021	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	27/10/2021	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	12/08/2015	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	12/08/2015	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	05/08/2015	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	12/03/1998	06/08/2015

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Recent filings (132 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

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-06

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

2024-12-02

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

2023-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-09-23