THE ABERDEEN AND DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC028939 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1952-05-27
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
49 officers (3 active, 49 linked, 39 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
167 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,422
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,582 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£8k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£9k£11k£14kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£8.4k£10.0k
Current assets£8.4k£14.2k
Net assets£8.4k£10.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-03
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    HALL, Kim resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-09-20
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  8. 2022-01-18
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-01-10
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    HALL, Kim appointed
    director
  11. 2021-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2019-08-31
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  14. 2018-12-18
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    address · AD02
  15. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-27
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    DICKSON, Janet resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-06-27
    ➖
    DICKSON, Janet resigned
    director
  18. 2018-06-27
    ➖
    WOOD, Richard resigned
    director
  19. 2018-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2018-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2018-06-27
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    officers · AP01
  22. 2018-06-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2018-06-26
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    STANHOPE, Ewan Andrew appointed
    director
  24. 2017-12-06
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    ANDERSON, George Charles William resigned
    director
  25. 2016-02-17
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    MILLER, Ian resigned
    director
  26. 2015-06-06
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    INGLIS, Greg Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2015-06-06
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    ANDERSON, George Charles William appointed
    director
  28. 2015-06-06
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    GREIG, Jill Anne resigned
    director
  29. 2015-06-06
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    JOHNSTONE-GIBB, Iona Alison resigned
    director
  30. 2013-02-20
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    GREIG, Jill Anne appointed
    director
  31. 2013-02-20
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    JOHNSTONE-GIBB, Iona Alison appointed
    director
  32. 2013-02-20
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    OGSTON, Steven George resigned
    director
  33. 2013-02-20
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    RITCHIE, Nicola Jane resigned
    director
  34. 2012-04-17
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    BRUCE, Graham resigned
    director
  35. 2012-02-22
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    KENNEDY, Clive Alexander resigned
    director
  36. 2012-02-22
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    WOOD, Richard appointed
    director
  37. 2011-02-23
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    MILLER, Ian appointed
    director
  38. 2011-02-23
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    POTTER, Gerald Noel resigned
    director
  39. 2011-02-23
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    RITCHIE, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  40. 2011-02-23
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    WOOD, Richard resigned
    director
  41. 2009-02-11
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    OGSTON, Steven George appointed
    director
  42. 2009-02-11
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    WALKER, Eric Hutcheson resigned
    director
  43. 2006-01-21
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    DICKSON, Janet appointed
    secretary
  44. 2006-01-21
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, John Ian resigned
    secretary
  45. 2006-01-21
    ➖
    BROWN, Linda Anne resigned
    director
  46. 2006-01-21
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    DICKSON, Janet appointed
    director
  47. 2006-01-21
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    ROBERTSON, John Ian resigned
    director
  48. 2006-01-21
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    WOOD, Richard appointed
    director
  49. 2005-01-22
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    KENNEDY, Clive Alexander appointed
    director
  50. 2004-12-23
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    BRUCE, Graham appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 103 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 74 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewan Andrew Stanhope
Individual · British · DOB 09/1994 · age 32
——sig. influencesignificant influence27/06/2018
Mr Greg Robert Inglis
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1992 · age 34
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Ian Morgan Shiells
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Janet Dicksonceased 07/03/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Richard Woodceased 07/03/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Graham Bruceceased 15/12/2017· significant influence
  • Mr George Charles William Andersonceased 15/12/2017· 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
Incorporated1952-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

10 Dunlin Crescent
Montrose
DD10 9FS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 46 resigned)

INGLIS, Greg Robert→
director · ~34y · appointed 2015-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIELLS, Ian Morgan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-04-29
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Active
STANHOPE, Ewan Andrew→
director · ~32y · appointed 2018-06-26
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Active
BELL, Elizabeth Susanna→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-03 · resigned 2001-03-07
Resigned
DICKSON, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-21 · resigned 2018-06-27
Resigned
HARLEY, Alison→
secretary · appointed 1991-04-03 · resigned 1992-04-15
Resigned
MACKINTOSH, David Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2004-03-25
Resigned
ROBERTSON, John Ian→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2006-01-21
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Neil→
secretary · resigned 1991-12-05
Resigned
SMITH, Alasdair→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-01 · resigned 1999-03-03
Resigned
WARD, Andrew Philip→
secretary · appointed 1992-04-15 · resigned 1996-06-30
Resigned
ANDERSON, George Charles William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-06-06 · resigned 2017-12-06
Resigned
ANDERSON, George→
director · ~74y · appointed 1993-11-26 · resigned 1995-03-01
Resigned
BIRNIE, Steven→
director · ~67y · appointed 1994-02-24 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
BOYLES, Ian→
director · ~73y · resigned 1996-06-30
Resigned
BROWN, Linda Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2006-01-21
Resigned
BRUCE, Graham→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-12-23 · resigned 2012-04-17
Resigned
BRUCE, Graham→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2003-08-31
Resigned
CAMERON, Susan→
director · ~69y · resigned 1992-04-15
Resigned
COWE, Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (167 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-27