THE DUNBLANE SPORTS CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC068507 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1979-06-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 27.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£430.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93120Activities of sport clubs
93199Other sports activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 27.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

64 officers (9 active, 64 linked, 55 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

189 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £430,853

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£431k

↑ 8.1% YoY

Current Assets

£255k

↑ 23% 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	£464.4k	£434.5k
Current assets	£254.7k	£206.6k
Net assets	£430.9k	£398.6k

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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (126 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2026-03-23
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2026-03-20
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GOUNDRY, Mark resigned
director
2025-07-11
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2024-04-18
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2023-08-22
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2022-05-24
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2022-03-25
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2022-03-21
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2022-03-21
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officers · TM01
2022-03-21
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2022-03-20
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MORSON, Emma Ann appointed
director
2022-03-20
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WISHART, Nicola Mary, Dr appointed
director
2022-03-20
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FORSYTH, Paul resigned
director
2022-03-20
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SMITH, Judith Clare resigned
director
2021-06-28
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2021-04-13
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2021-04-08
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2021-03-31
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GOUNDRY, Mark appointed
director
2021-03-28
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GALLAGHER, John Richard appointed
director
2021-03-25
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officers · TM01
2021-03-25
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2021-03-24
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CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Robert resigned
director
2021-03-24
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HUNTER, Andrew Crawford resigned
director
2020-09-22
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2019-08-22
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2018-03-25
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CARROLL, Maureen Sylvia appointed
secretary
2018-03-25
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WILSON, Philip appointed
director
2018-03-25
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CHRISTIE, David resigned
director
2018-03-25
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HOWITT, William Henry resigned
director
2018-03-25
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SMITH, Judith Clare appointed
director
2017-03-26
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BENNIE, Fiona resigned
director
2017-03-26
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FORSYTH, Paul appointed
director
2016-06-22
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HUNTER, Andrew Crawford appointed
director
2016-03-20
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MILNE, Stewart Macaulay appointed
director
2016-03-20
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FITZSIMMONS, Susan resigned
secretary
2016-03-20
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FITZSIMMONS, Susan resigned
director
2016-03-20
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WELSH, Neil Malcolm resigned
director
2015-03-22
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CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Robert appointed
director
2015-03-22
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MILNE, Stewart Macaulay resigned
director
2013-03-24
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CARROLL, Maureen Sylvia resigned
secretary
2013-03-24
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FITZSIMMONS, Susan appointed
secretary
2013-03-24
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FITZSIMMONS, Susan appointed
director
2013-03-24
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GIBSON, Alistair resigned
director
2013-03-24
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HOWITT, William Henry appointed
director
2012-12-31
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KNAPMAN, Richard resigned
director
2011-06-27
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KNAPMAN, Richard appointed
director
2010-03-28
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CHRISTIE, David appointed
director
2010-03-28
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DOUGLAS, Alistair Steel resigned
director
2009-03-22
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DOUGLAS, Alistair Steel appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1979-06-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

127 Ochiltree

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 0PA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25