MONUMENT LEISURE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC343464 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-27

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 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-26	2023-09-26
Average employees	301	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-03-13
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auditors · AUD
2024-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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officers · TM01
2020-10-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-09-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
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
2019-10-11
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2019-10-11
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2019-10-11
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2019-10-11
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second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2019-10-11
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second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2018-09-10
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O'CALLAGHAN, Francis resigned
director
2016-01-18
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COOK, Robert Barclay resigned
director
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
2013-05-31
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
director
2013-05-31
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark resigned
director
2009-11-06
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
director
2009-11-06
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FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark appointed
director
2009-10-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Donald John Macdonald & Another
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
2008-06-23
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
secretary
2008-06-23
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CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-06-23
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MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
director
2008-06-23
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O'CALLAGHAN, Francis appointed
director
2008-06-23
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TILLEY, Irene Margaret appointed
director
2008-05-27
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Company incorporated
As MONUMENT LEISURE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
2008-05-27
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CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-05-27
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MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
director

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 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Gillies Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	03/07/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Roderick Macdonaldceased 03/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Iain Gilliesceased 09/06/2018· significant influence · trust interest

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

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7 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

Incorporated2008-05-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Grange Manor Hotel

Glensburgh

Grangemouth

FK3 8XJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last made up to: 2024-09-26

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-06

Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (3 active · 9 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 2008-06-23 · resigned 2009-03-07

Resigned

CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-27 · resigned 2008-06-23

Resigned

COOK, Robert Barclay→

director · ~60y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2016-01-18

Resigned

FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-06 · resigned 2013-05-31

Resigned

FRANSSEN, Ivan Mark→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-06 · resigned 2013-05-31

Resigned

MACDONALD, Ruaridh→

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

Resigned

MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→

director · ~72y · appointed 2008-05-27 · resigned 2008-06-23

Resigned

O'CALLAGHAN, Francis→

director · ~87y · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2018-09-10

Resigned

TILLEY, Irene Margaret→

director · ~70y · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2009-03-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Donald John Macdonald & Another	Floating charge	1 property	26/10/2009	—

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name

officers · RP01AP01

2025-11-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-03

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auditors · AUD

2025-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-10-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2022-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-09-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2021-06-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-04-13