GANNOCHY SPORTS PAVILION (PERTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC051857 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1972-11-21

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 85
· Opportunity score: 73 → 79
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 73 → 79
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 85
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

32 officers (8 active, 32 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

152 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

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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officers · TM01
2026-04-23
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officers · TM01
2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2026-03-27
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ARMSTRONG, David Ian resigned
director
2026-03-27
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BROWN, Allan William resigned
director
2026-03-05
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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officers · TM01
2026-01-15
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address · AD01
2025-04-07
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officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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officers · AP01
2025-03-31
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CRAWFORD, Matthew appointed
director
2025-03-31
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HILL, Jonathan appointed
director
2025-03-31
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FERGUSON, Graham Alexander resigned
director
2025-03-31
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GARNETT, Andrew resigned
director
2025-03-31
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JACKSON, Michael resigned
director
2025-03-31
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MCGAFFNEY, Francis John resigned
director
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-04-13
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officers · AP01
2023-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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CALDER, James William appointed
director
2023-03-27
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GALLOWAY, James Scott Christian resigned
director
2023-03-27
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GRAY, Walter Brydon resigned
director
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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MCLAUGHLIN, John appointed
director
2016-03-21
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SMITH, Gordon Lewis resigned
director
2015-02-13
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ANDERSON, David John resigned
director
2013-02-18
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FRENZ, Richard Alan resigned
director
2012-04-13
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GARNETT, Andrew appointed
director
2008-02-18
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BAYNE, Christopher Ronald, Mr. resigned
director
2008-02-18
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MCGREGOR, Kenneth Duncan resigned
director
2008-02-18
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MCPHERSON, Thomas Ian resigned
director
2007-03-30
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JACKSON, Michael appointed
director
2007-03-30
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MCGAFFNEY, Francis John appointed
director
2007-01-16
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BROWN, Allan William appointed
director
2004-02-19
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DUDMAN, Leonard Charles resigned
director
2003-11-03
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FERGUSON, Graham Alexander appointed
director
2003-05-06
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CUMMINS, Michael Andrew appointed
director
2003-03-09
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BRIEN, David Mckenzie resigned
director
2002-12-16
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OLIVER, Fraser Charles resigned
director
2000-11-23
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RITCHIE, Andrew appointed
secretary
2000-11-23
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GARDINER, Peter Scott resigned
secretary
2000-11-23
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ARMSTRONG, David Ian appointed
director
2000-11-23
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BAYNE, Christopher Ronald, Mr. appointed
director
2000-11-23
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GALLOWAY, James Scott Christian appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 62 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ARMSTRONG, David Ian resigned 2026-03-27; BROWN, Allan William resigned 2026-03-27

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1972-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

14 Fernhill Road

Perth

PH2 7BE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-11

Last: 2026-03-28