RATHFRILAND MOTOR CLUB LIMITED

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NI041513 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-09-12
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £11,687
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,591 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£12k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£16kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£11.7k£15.3k
Current assets£12.1k£15.6k
Net assets£11.7k£15.3k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-09-22
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  4. 2022-09-16
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2020-12-30
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  7. 2019-09-26
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  8. 2019-09-16
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  10. 2019-09-16
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  11. 2019-09-16
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  13. 2019-09-16
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  17. 2019-09-16
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  18. 2019-09-10
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    JOHNSTON, Malcolm appointed
    director
  19. 2019-09-10
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    SAVAGE, Barry appointed
    director
  20. 2019-09-10
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    CROMIE, Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2019-09-10
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    JOHNSTON, David Wesley resigned
    director
  22. 2019-09-10
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    STRAIN, Ivan resigned
    director
  23. 2003-07-01
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    FERGUSON, Matthew Roy resigned
    director
  24. 2003-07-01
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    STRAIN, Ivan appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-13
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    JOHNSTON, David Wesley appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As RATHFRILAND MOTOR CLUB LIMITED
  27. 2001-09-12
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    GILMORE, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  28. 2001-09-12
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    BROWN, Thomas Henry appointed
    director
  29. 2001-09-12
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    GILMORE, Andrew appointed
    director
  30. 2001-09-12
    ➕
    CROMIE, Alan appointed
    director
  31. 2001-09-12
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    FERGUSON, Matthew Roy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Savage
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/09/2019
Mr Malcolm Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence10/09/2019
Mr Andrew Gilmore
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence19/09/2018
Mr Thomas Henry Brown
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ivan Strainceased 10/09/2019· significant influence
  • Mr David Wesley Johnstonceased 10/09/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Alan Cromieceased 31/03/2019· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2001-09-12
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Carnegie Building
25-27 Edward Street
Portadown
BT62 3NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

GILMORE, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Thomas Henry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-09-12
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Active
GILMORE, Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-09-12
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Active
JOHNSTON, Malcolm→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-09-10
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Active
SAVAGE, Barry→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-09-10
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Active
CROMIE, Alan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-09-12 · resigned 2019-09-10
Resigned
FERGUSON, Matthew Roy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-09-12 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned
JOHNSTON, David Wesley→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2019-09-10
Resigned
STRAIN, Ivan→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2019-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
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2025-09-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-09-16