PRESTWICK FLYING CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC072166 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1980-07-29

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 steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£56.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

57 officers (7 active, 57 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

193 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 £56,793

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,409 YoY

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£106k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£57k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£116k

↑ 7.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£56.8k	£75.2k
Current assets	£115.6k	£107.3k
Cash	£105.8k	£93.6k
Debtors	£9.8k	£13.7k
Net assets	£56.8k	£75.2k

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (122 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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2026-05-12
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CAMERON, Alexander Bruce resigned
director
2025-12-17
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2025-05-27
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officers · TM01
2025-05-14
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LOGAN, Robert resigned
director
2024-12-15
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accounts · AA
2024-05-27
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officers · AP01
2024-05-18
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2024-05-14
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MARTIN, Andrew David appointed
director
2024-03-30
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FAIRBAIRN, Andrew resigned
director
2023-12-14
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2023-09-14
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officers · TM01
2023-09-04
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DEVOY, James resigned
director
2022-11-24
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2022-11-23
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2022-11-22
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2022-11-22
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2022-11-21
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MCKECHNIE, William Allan appointed
director
2022-11-21
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ABRAHAM, Fergus resigned
director
2022-11-21
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COCKROFT, Jeremy resigned
director
2022-11-21
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HOUSTON, William Fulton resigned
director
2022-11-21
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2022-11-21
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2022-11-20
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BENTHAM, Mark David, Rev appointed
director
2022-11-20
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THOMAS, Richard Lee appointed
director
2022-11-20
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DEVOY, James appointed
director
2022-11-20
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LOGAN, Robert appointed
director
2022-10-26
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2022-08-24
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BOSTON, Gillian Carol resigned
director
2022-08-24
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2021-11-30
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officers · CH01
2021-11-25
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2021-11-21
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FALCONER, Michael David appointed
director
2021-09-21
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2020-12-09
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STEWART, David Mclean resigned
secretary
2020-12-09
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HAYE, George resigned
director
2020-12-09
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STEWART, David Mclean resigned
director
2017-11-19
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WILSON, William appointed
director
2017-11-19
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BOSTON, Gillian Carol appointed
director
2017-11-19
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DEVLIN, Andrew Hugh resigned
director
2017-11-19
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FAIRBAIRN, Andrew appointed
director
2017-11-19
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FALCONER, Michael David resigned
director
2017-11-19
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JACKSON, Thomas Lafferty resigned
director
2014-11-23
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COCKROFT, Jeremy appointed
director
2014-11-23
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RICHARDSON, David Andrew, Dr resigned
director
2013-11-24
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AITKEN, David Russell resigned
director
2013-11-24
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DEVLIN, Andrew Hugh appointed
director
2013-11-24
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HAYE, George 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

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

Incorporated1980-07-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Flying Clubhouse

Shawfarm Road

Prestwick

Ayrshire

KA9 1HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-28

Last: 2025-05-14