JAA LEISURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC345162 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-01
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.
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

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🔒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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees10001000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2024-04-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-06-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-06-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-06-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-06-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-06-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2022-06-15
    ➕
    CODONA, Alfred James appointed
    director
  15. 2022-06-15
    ➕
    CODONA, Andrea appointed
    director
  16. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2008-10-22
    ➕
    CODONA JNR, Alan John appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-22
    ➖
    LEDGE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As JAA LEISURE LIMITED
  24. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    LEDGE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CODONA, Alfred James (same surname) appointed 2022-06-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alan John Codona Jnr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/06/2022
Mrs Andrea Codona
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/06/2022
Mr Alfred James Codona
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/06/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • John Codona's Pleasure Fairs Limitedceased 15/06/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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£7.30M—2040082y8780y
BANKS O'DEE SPORTS CLUB LIMITED→
SC175110 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
————29y8379y
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KEITH FOOTBALL CLUB LTD.→
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———021y8371y
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SC056235 · est 1974 · no financials extracted
————51y8380y
PETERHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED→
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————32y8378y
THE KEITH & DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST→
SC141101 · est 1992 · no financials extracted
————33y8381y
ARDOYNE PERFORMANCE LIMITED→
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————40y8277y
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Johnstone House
52-54 Rose Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CODONA, Alfred James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CODONA, Andrea→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-06-15
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Active
CODONA JNR, Alan John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEDGE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2008-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-21