STYAL GOLF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02811302 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-21

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 31.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	—	£1.70M
Current assets	—	£1.68M
Cash	—	£216.4k
Debtors	—	£1.41M
Net assets	—	£1.68M
Average employees	35	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-08
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accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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capital · SH10
2024-03-26
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accounts · AA
2023-10-18
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HIGHAM, Georgina Sarah appointed
director
2023-10-18
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HIGHAM, Poppy Felicity appointed
director
2023-10-18
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officers · AP01
2023-10-18
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officers · AP01
2023-04-20
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accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts · AAMD
2021-01-26
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accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-06-21
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address · AD01
2019-04-05
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accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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accounts · AA
2018-07-24
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gazette · DISS40
2018-07-03
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-03-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-07-07
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-07-03
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Charge satisfied #3
2000-07-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2000-06-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-04-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Gmh Enterprises Limited
1999-06-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Gmh Enterprises Limited
1995-10-30
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KENNEDY, Alastair resigned
director
1995-03-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1994-05-24
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KENNEDY, Alastair appointed
director
1993-05-13
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HIGHAM, Richard Michael appointed
secretary
1993-05-13
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HIGHAM, Richard Michael appointed
director
1993-05-13
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HIGHAM, Sarah Louise appointed
director
1993-04-21
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Company incorporated
As STYAL GOLF LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HIGHAM, Georgina Sarah (same surname) appointed 2023-10-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Michael Higham Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Louise Higham Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1993-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Styal Golf Club Station Road

Styal

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 4JN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01