PETERHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC146014 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-23

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 32.5y 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

93120Activities of sport clubs

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (6 active, 24 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 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

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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officers · AP01
2026-02-24
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accounts · AA
2025-11-18
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DUNCAN, William George appointed
director
2025-10-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-29
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BOOTH, Martin appointed
director
2025-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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ALLAN, Paul Murdoch resigned
director
2024-05-27
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ALLAN, Paul Murdoch appointed
director
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-12
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RITCHIE, Conrad Strachan resigned
director
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-15
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DUNCAN, Michael resigned
director
2022-08-03
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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RITCHIE, Conrad Strachan appointed
director
2021-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-04
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capital · SH01
2020-08-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-11-18
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FRASER, Harold Thompson resigned
director
2019-10-24
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GRANT, Ian Henry resigned
director
2018-07-24
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HILL, Leslie Frank appointed
director
2018-07-24
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DUNCAN, Michael appointed
director
2013-08-12
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INNES, Stephen resigned
director
2012-06-14
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DONALDSON, Charles Maitland resigned
director
2011-09-16
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MASSON GLENNIE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-09-16
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GRAY & GRAY resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-09-16
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FRASER, Harold Thompson appointed
director
2011-09-16
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FULTON, William Marr resigned
director
2011-09-16
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GRANT, Ian Henry appointed
director
2011-09-16
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INNES, Stephen appointed
director
2011-09-16
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WATSON, George resigned
director
2010-01-13
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TAYLOR, Leslie Paterson resigned
director
2007-10-23
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FULTON, William Marr appointed
director
2007-10-23
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TAYLOR, Leslie Paterson appointed
director
2007-05-21
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GAFFNEY, Gerrard resigned
director
2006-09-26
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WATT, Charles appointed
director
2005-12-21
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DONALDSON, Charles Maitland appointed
director
2005-04-27
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TAYLOR, Roger James resigned
director
2002-10-01
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GRANT, Colin Robert Craig resigned
director
2002-08-12
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MACGREGOR, Alastair Gordon resigned
director
2001-01-23
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-01-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Henry Grant Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/10/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Henry Grantceased 06/10/2025· 50-75% shares

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

Incorporated1993-08-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

The Stadium, Lord Catto Park

Balmoor Terrace

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire,

AB42 1EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23