RBA LEISURE LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC836994 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-09
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2025-05-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
  3. 2025-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As RBA LEISURE LTD
  4. 2025-02-09
    CLARK, Brian Dennis appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-09
    CLARK, Ryan John appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-09
    DANDO, Alex Phillip appointed
    director
  7. 2025-02-09
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-22

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ryan John Clark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/02/2025
Mr Alex Phillip Dando
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/02/2025
Mr Brian Dennis Clark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

5 Rubislaw Terrace
Lower Ground Floor
Aberdeen
AB10 1XE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-22OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CLARK, Brian Dennis
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-02-09
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CLARK, Ryan John
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-02-09
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Active
DANDO, Alex Phillip
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-02-09
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Caledonian Heritable
Caledonian Heritable Limited
A registered charge31/05/2025
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Recent filings (2 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-09