FALKIRK SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC100129 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-07-18

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£9.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,746

Net assets shrinking

Down £654 YoY

Cash YoY

-29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 29% YoY

Net Worth

£10k

↓ 6.3% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£10.7k	£14.4k
Current assets	£4.4k	£6.1k
Cash	£4.4k	£6.1k
Net assets	£9.7k	£10.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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2025-02-27
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2024-03-21
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accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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officers · TM01
2023-04-23
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MOULD, David resigned
director
2023-01-10
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2022-10-14
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2022-02-21
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2021-04-22
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2021-03-23
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2021-03-01
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HOMER, June appointed
director
2020-03-04
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2018-12-17
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2018-04-30
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2018-04-24
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2017-07-11
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2017-04-25
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2017-04-18
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2017-03-31
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HOWLAND, Allen resigned
director
2015-08-01
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MOFFAT, Norma Leslie appointed
director
2015-08-01
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HOWLAND, Allen appointed
director
2015-07-31
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LEE, Russell Richard resigned
director
2015-07-31
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TORRANCE, Ian resigned
director
1997-03-30
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LEE, Russell Richard appointed
director
1994-04-25
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AIKMAN, Alan resigned
director
1994-04-25
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PASCOE, Brian Kennard resigned
director
1991-09-03
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CALLAHAN, Derek John appointed
director
1991-09-03
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AIKMAN, Alan appointed
director
1986-07-18
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Company incorporated
As FALKIRK SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS TRUST 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Callahan Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1986-07-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Falkirk School Of Gymnastics

Cow Wynd

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

FK1 1PU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-10

Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

CALLAHAN, Jean Lee→

secretary

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Active

CALLAHAN, Derek John→

director · ~55y · appointed 1991-09-03

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Active

CALLAHAN, Robert→

director · ~82y

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Active

HOMER, June→

director · ~61y · appointed 2021-03-01

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Active

MOFFAT, Norma Leslie→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-08-01

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Active

AIKMAN, Alan→

director · ~80y · appointed 1991-09-03 · resigned 1994-04-25

Resigned

HOWLAND, Allen→

director · ~63y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2017-03-31

Resigned

LEE, Russell Richard→

director · ~71y · appointed 1997-03-30 · resigned 2015-07-31

Resigned

MOULD, David→

director · ~97y · resigned 2023-04-23

Resigned

PASCOE, Brian Kennard→

director · ~88y · resigned 1994-04-25

Resigned

TORRANCE, Ian→

director · ~80y · resigned 2015-07-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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2026-02-25

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2025-06-24

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accounts · AA

2025-02-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-03-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-24

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officers · TM01

2023-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-10

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officers · CH01

2022-10-14

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2022-06-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-04-22

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officers · AP01

2021-03-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-10