HALLIDAY LEISURE LIMITED

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SC230183 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 65 → 85
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • ↑Hygiene score: 65 → 85
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  2. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-08-31
    ➖
    HALIDAY, William Calder resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2019-07-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2019-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2019-07-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-04-23
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    HALIDAY, William Calder appointed
    director
  19. 2019-04-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2002-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As HALLIDAY LEISURE LIMITED
  21. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    HALLIDAY, Carole appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    HALLIDAY, James Deans appointed
    director
  23. 2002-04-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-04-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HALLIDAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Deans Halliday
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares16/04/2016
Carole Halliday
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/07/2019

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
Incorporated2002-04-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77291 — Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment

Registered office

90-94 Green Street
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA8 8BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HALLIDAY, Carole→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLIDAY, James Deans→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned
HALIDAY, William Calder→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-04-23 · resigned 2025-08-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28