THE KEITH & DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC141101 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1992-11-09

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 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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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

93199Other sports activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 26.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

42 officers (8 active, 42 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (98 events)Click to expand

2025-11-11
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2025-11-07
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2025-11-07
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2025-10-19
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ROBERTS, David George resigned
director
2025-04-28
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2024-12-18
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2024-12-18
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2024-12-18
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2024-12-18
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2024-12-01
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MARTIN, Robert appointed
director
2024-11-27
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MURPHY, Tina Patricia Anne appointed
secretary
2024-11-27
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MURPHY, Tina Patricia Anne appointed
director
2024-11-27
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ROBERTS, David George resigned
secretary
2024-11-04
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2024-11-01
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MARK, Alexander Gordon resigned
director
2024-10-14
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GRANT, Lynn Ann resigned
director
2024-10-14
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2024-09-09
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2024-09-07
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LEWARNE, Neil resigned
director
2024-08-15
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2024-08-14
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PATERSON, Kim Louise resigned
director
2024-05-03
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2024-02-21
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2023-12-12
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2023-05-12
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2023-03-13
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CARSON, David Allan resigned
director
2023-03-06
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2023-02-17
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2023-01-25
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SIMMERS, Laura Irene Beatrice appointed
director
2022-12-01
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ROSS, David Charles resigned
director
2022-03-01
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2021-11-11
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2021-05-08
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ROBERTS, David George appointed
secretary
2021-05-08
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ROSS, David Charles resigned
secretary
2019-03-25
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DAVIDSON, Gordon Martin appointed
director
2019-03-25
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SIMMERS, George Edward appointed
director
2019-03-25
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LAING, Peter resigned
director
2019-03-25
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LOBBAN, Michael Hugh resigned
director
2019-03-25
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MARK, Alexander Gordon appointed
director
2019-03-25
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MCGREGOR, Douglas resigned
director
2019-03-25
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ROBERTS, David George appointed
director
2014-03-27
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CARSON, David Allan appointed
director
2014-03-27
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MARTIN, Robert resigned
director
2013-12-01
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KELMAN, Henry William appointed
director
2013-12-01
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GRANT, Lynn Ann appointed
director
2013-12-01
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LOBBAN, Michael Hugh appointed
director
2013-12-01
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PATERSON, Kim Louise appointed
director
2013-12-01
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SIMMERS, Edward Wright resigned
director
2013-12-01
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SINCLAIR, Keith resigned
director
2012-09-01
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LEWARNE, Neil appointed
director

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1992-11-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Suite A

1 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1BR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06