NEWBATTLE GOLF CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC018111 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1934-10-18

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 51.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 51.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 51.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

100 officers (5 active, 100 linked, 96 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

255 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	—	1700

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (202 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2026-02-06
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2026-02-05
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officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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CRAMOND, Douglas Dey resigned
director
2025-09-12
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officers · RP04TM01
2025-07-28
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officers · CH01
2025-07-24
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officers · RP04AP01
2025-07-22
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2025-04-11
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PRATT, Andrew Bruce appointed
director
2025-02-19
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officers · TM01
2024-09-10
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MYATT, Stephen appointed
director
2024-09-03
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2024-08-29
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MACKAY, James resigned
director
2024-03-07
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CHUCHLA, Jan resigned
director
2024-03-07
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2024-03-07
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2024-03-07
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officers · TM01
2023-10-25
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2023-10-12
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SNEDDON, Ian Brown appointed
director
2023-10-01
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BUNCE, James Alexander appointed
director
2023-10-01
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CRAMOND, Douglas Dey appointed
director
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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MACKAY, James appointed
director
2023-08-15
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CHUCHLA, Jan appointed
director
2023-08-15
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2023-08-15
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2023-06-28
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2023-06-20
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THOMSON, Malcolm resigned
director
2023-05-15
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2023-05-02
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AMOS, John resigned
director
2022-06-16
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2022-06-06
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BUNCE, Jim resigned
director
2022-04-29
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2022-04-15
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HAMILTON, Barbara appointed
director
2022-04-15
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BUNCE, Jim appointed
director
2022-04-15
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CRAIG, Robert Mclean resigned
director
2022-04-15
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HOBBINS, Margaret Mary resigned
director
2021-04-21
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HOBBINS, Margaret Mary appointed
director
2021-04-09
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MENZIES, William resigned
director
2021-04-07
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AMOS, John appointed
director
2021-04-07
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THOMSON, Malcolm appointed
director
2021-04-06
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CHISHOLM, Gordon resigned
director
2021-04-06
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SPINKS, Robin David resigned
director
2019-04-10
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ALLEN, Craig John resigned
director
2019-04-10
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CHISHOLM, Gordon appointed
director
2019-04-10
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CRAIG, Robert Mclean appointed
director
2019-04-10
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DAVIDSON, Allan resigned
director
2019-04-10
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FAIRGRIEVE, Kenneth resigned
director
2019-04-10
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GORMAN, William resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 202 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1934-10-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

32 The Club House

Abbey Road

Dalkeith

EH22 3AD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-22

Last: 2025-06-08