LEISURETAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC601001 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£44.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £44,119

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£44k
↑ 305% YoY
Current Assets
£291k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£58k£116k£175k£233k£291kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£71.8k£44.4k
Current assets£290.9k£183.7k
Net assets£44.1k£10.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2024-10-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-10-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-03-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-04-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2023-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2023-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2023-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-04-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-01-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2018-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As LEISURETAN LIMITED
  20. 2018-06-26
    PALING, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Brian Thomas Paling Trust 2022
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Paisley Leisure Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
LEISURETAN LIMITED
This company · SC601001

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Paisley Leisure Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control03/04/2023
Brian Thomas Paling Trust 2022
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/07/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Brian Thomas Palingceased 03/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
  • David Palingceased 03/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
  • Mr David Palingceased 03/04/2023· 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

175 3rd Floor Renfrew Wing, Trident House
175 Renfrew Road
Paisley
PA3 4EF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PALING, David
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-06-26
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-03