WOOD LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC197783 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 11.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees500500

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2018-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-07-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    DISHINGTON, Rachel Anne Wood appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    DISHINGTON, Rachel Anne Wood appointed
    director
  19. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Sarah Louise Wood appointed
    director
  20. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    THOMSON, Kirsty Jayne Wood appointed
    director
  21. 2014-05-01
    ➖
    WOOD, Margaret Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    WOOD, Margaret Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-07-01
    ➕
    WOOD, Colin Campbell appointed
    director
  24. 2000-07-01
    ➕
    WOOD, Margaret Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2000-07-01
    ➖
    BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-07-01
    ➖
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott resigned
    director
  27. 1999-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As WOOD LEISURE LIMITED
  28. 1999-07-02
    ➕
    BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1999-07-02
    ➕
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

14 City Quay
Camperdown Street
Dundee
DD1 3JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

DISHINGTON, Rachel Anne Wood→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
DISHINGTON, Rachel Anne Wood→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
MACGREGOR, Sarah Louise Wood→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Kirsty Jayne Wood→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Colin Campbell→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Margaret Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Margaret Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2014-05-01
Resigned
BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-07-02 · resigned 2000-07-01
Resigned
CLARK, Campbell John Scott→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-07-02 · resigned 2000-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—04/07/2014—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2018-10-18