EBENEZER LEISURE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC265273 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-22

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 steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£99.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 19.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,643

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

£100k

↑ 8.0% YoY

Current Assets

£231k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£105.5k	£108.1k
Current assets	£231.0k	£239.1k
Cash	£2.7k	£6.6k
Debtors	£91.6k	£95.9k
Net assets	£99.6k	£92.3k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-11-16
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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officers · CH01
2019-08-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-09
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accounts · AA
2015-05-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-13
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accounts · AA
2014-08-13
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GUNN, James Robert resigned
secretary
2006-12-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-03-22
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Company incorporated
As EBENEZER LEISURE LIMITED
2004-03-22
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LAMONT, Donald Murray appointed
director
2004-03-22
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GUNN, James Robert appointed
secretary
2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-22
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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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donald Murray Lamont Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-03-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

46 Union Street

Wick

Caithness

KW1 5ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

LAMONT, Donald Murray→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-03-22

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Active

GUNN, James Robert→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2014-08-13

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2004-03-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	18/12/2006	—

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