SCOTTISH DARTS ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC105949 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1987-08-05

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

27 officers (5 active, 27 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 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.

Key financials

2 years 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	5	500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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MACNEIL, James resigned
director
2023-06-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-20
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KERR, Alan William appointed
director
2022-08-20
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WARD, James Robert appointed
director
2022-08-20
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officers · AP01
2022-08-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-20
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SMITH, John resigned
director
2021-11-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-27
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GORDON, Deborah Jane resigned
director
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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MURRAY, Clifford appointed
secretary
2021-07-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-12
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-12
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officers · AP03
2021-07-12
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address · AD01
2021-07-09
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MCCLEMENTS, Colin resigned
secretary
2021-07-09
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MCCLEMENTS, Colin Philip resigned
director
2020-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-15
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MCCLEMENTS, Colin appointed
secretary
2020-03-15
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TWEEDIE, John resigned
secretary
2020-03-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-03-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-03-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-11
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TWEEDIE, John resigned
director
2018-08-12
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DRYSDALE, Steven Thomas resigned
director
2017-08-13
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GORDON, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2017-08-13
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MCCLEMENTS, Colin Philip appointed
director
2017-08-13
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MURRAY, Mary resigned
director
2016-08-14
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MACNEIL, James appointed
director
2016-08-14
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MUTCH, Leonard Alexander resigned
director
2007-07-29
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SMITH, John appointed
director
2001-08-05
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MACFARLANE, Sharon appointed
director
2001-03-10
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SEIVEWRIGHT, Audrey Avril resigned
director
1998-08-02
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MUTCH, Leonard Alexander resigned
secretary
1998-08-02
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TWEEDIE, John appointed
secretary
1998-08-02
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COOK, Lois Elizabeth resigned
director
1997-08-03
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MURRAY, Clifford appointed
director
1997-08-03
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MALCOLM, Iain Alexander Shields resigned
director
1997-08-03
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SEIVEWRIGHT, Audrey Avril appointed
director
1993-08-08
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BALD, William Allan resigned
director
1993-08-08
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DRYSDALE, Steven Thomas appointed
director
1992-08-09
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MALCOLM, Iain Alexander Shields appointed
director
1992-08-09
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MURRAY, Mary appointed
director
1991-08-11
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MACHIR, Peter Girvan Dennis resigned
director
1990-08-12
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FROST, Thomas Richard resigned
secretary

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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1987-08-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

4 Burns Road

South Parks

Glenrothes

Fife

KY6 1EB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (5 active · 22 resigned)

MURRAY, Clifford→

secretary · appointed 2021-07-12

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Active

KERR, Alan William→

director · ~41y · appointed 2022-08-20

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Active

MACFARLANE, Sharon→

director · ~59y · appointed 2001-08-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Clifford→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-08-03

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Active

WARD, James Robert→

director · ~43y · appointed 2022-08-20

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Active

FROST, Thomas Richard→

secretary · resigned 1990-08-12

Resigned

MCCLEMENTS, Colin→

secretary · appointed 2020-03-15 · resigned 2021-07-09

Resigned

MUTCH, Leonard Alexander→

secretary · appointed 1990-08-12 · resigned 1998-08-02

Resigned

TWEEDIE, John→

secretary · appointed 1998-08-02 · resigned 2020-03-15

Resigned

BALD, William Allan→

director · ~79y · resigned 1993-08-08

Resigned

COOK, John→

director · resigned 1989-08-13

Resigned

COOK, Lois Elizabeth→

director · ~83y · resigned 1998-08-02

Resigned

DRYSDALE, Steven Thomas→

director · ~66y · appointed 1993-08-08 · resigned 2018-08-12

Resigned

FORBES, Peter→

director · resigned 1990-08-12

Resigned

FORBES, Peter→

director · resigned 1990-08-12

Resigned

GALLACHER, Hugh→

director · resigned 1989-08-13

Resigned

GORDON, Deborah Jane→

director · ~57y · appointed 2017-08-13 · resigned 2021-10-27

Resigned

MACHIR, Peter Girvan Dennis→

director · ~35y · resigned 1991-08-11

Resigned

MACNEIL, James→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-08-14 · resigned 2023-06-23

Resigned

MALCOLM, Iain Alexander Shields→

director · ~70y · appointed 1992-08-09 · resigned 1997-08-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (129 total)

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

accounts · AA

2025-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-05

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

accounts · AA

2024-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-22

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

accounts · AA

2023-08-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-23

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-23

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-25

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-08-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-08-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-11-08

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

accounts · AA

2021-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-23