ELIE LEISURE COMPANY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC539923 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-11
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 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.0y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-05-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
- 2021-01-22📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-08-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2016-08-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-07-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ELIE LEISURE COMPANY LTD
- 2016-07-11➕NAIRN, Alexander Gordon appointeddirector
- 2016-07-11➕NAIRN, Tara Caroline appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Tara Caroline Nairn Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/07/2016 |
Mr Alexander Gordon Nairn Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300
Registered office
Broomlees Farmhouse
Elie
Leven
Fife
KY9 1JT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
NAIRN, Alexander Gordon→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NAIRN, Tara Caroline→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/05/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21