LESLIE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC358939 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-16
    ➕
    MILLER, Sara appointed
    secretary
  15. 2015-11-16
    ➖
    MCGUINNESS, Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  16. 2015-11-16
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    officers · AP03
  17. 2015-11-16
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    officers · TM02
  18. 2015-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2009-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As LESLIE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  20. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Alan appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Ronnie Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    MCGUINNESS, Kenneth appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 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 17 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 Ronnie Alexander Bartlett
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alan Bartlett
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

New Monkland
251 Stirling Road
Airdrie
ML6 7SP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MILLER, Sara→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-16
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Active
BARTLETT, Alan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-05-01
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Active
BARTLETT, Ronnie Alexander→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-05-01
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Active
MCGUINNESS, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2015-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-06