PARTICKHILL BOWLING AND TENNIS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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SC005696 · ltd · incorporated 1904-09-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,819

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£1k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.8k	£2.9k
Current assets	£1.2k	£1.2k
Net assets	£2.8k	£2.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-07-03
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2024-06-28
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2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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2022-10-26
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officers · AP01
2022-10-26
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officers · AP01
2022-10-25
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MACDONALD, George appointed
director
2022-10-25
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O'DONNELL, Rosemary appointed
director
2022-10-25
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WEATHERHEAD, Harriett Foye appointed
director
2022-09-21
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officers · TM01
2022-09-21
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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MCINTYRE, John resigned
director
2022-06-30
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officers · TM01
2021-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-01
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FORSYTH, William Davidson resigned
director
2020-09-27
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accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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officers · AP03
2019-09-27
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2019-09-24
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JAMIESON, Elizabeth Matthew appointed
secretary
2019-05-25
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accounts · AA01
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2016-11-08
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O'HAGAN, Bernard resigned
secretary
2015-11-19
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SHAW, Angus Archibald resigned
director
2014-08-01
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JAMIESON, Elizabeth Matthew appointed
director
2012-08-17
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ANDERSON, David resigned
director
2008-05-01
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CLARK, John resigned
director
2002-09-21
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FORSYTH, William Davidson appointed
director
2002-06-03
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STEVENS, John Edward resigned
director
1997-06-09
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O'HAGAN, Bernard appointed
secretary
1997-06-09
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ANDREW MUIR BUTTAR CA resigned
corporate-secretary
1994-05-03
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AITKENHEAD, Thomas appointed
director
1993-12-07
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DAVIDSON, Frederick Wilson resigned
director
1992-06-23
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ANDERSON, David appointed
director
1992-05-26
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MELVILLE, John resigned
director
1904-09-16
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Company incorporated
As PARTICKHILL BOWLING AND TENNIS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 122 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.)

Group structure

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Partickhill Bowling & Community Club

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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PARTICKHILL BOWLING AND TENNIS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

This company · SC005696

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Partickhill Bowling & Community Club Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated1904-09-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

46 Partickhill Road

Glasgow

G11 5BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03

Last: 2025-06-19