CORSTORPHINE SNOOKER COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC094559 · ltd · incorporated 1985-08-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 39.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-30
Average employees500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-15
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2016-02-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  15. 2016-01-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1998-10-06
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Bass Brewers Limited
  18. 1995-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 1995-09-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bass Brewers Limited
  20. 1995-09-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bass Brewers Limited
  21. 1987-05-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
  22. 1987-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
  23. 1985-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CORSTORPHINE SNOOKER COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Henry Prior
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016
Mr Brian Stanley Mckeown
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

62 Manse Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7SS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PRIOR, William Henry→
secretary
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Active
MCKEOWN, Brian Stanley→
director · ~72y
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Active
PRIOR, William Henry→
director · ~71y
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bass Brewers
Bass Brewers Limited
Standard security1 property06/10/1998—
outstanding
Bass Brewers
Bass Brewers Limited
Standard security1 property28/09/1995—
satisfied
Bass Brewers
Bass Brewers Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property15/09/199502/02/2016
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property21/05/1987—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/04/198702/10/1995
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20