DALZIEL SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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SC149068 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-10
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-934.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £934,767

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£935k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↑ 336% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£944k-£747k-£551k-£355k-£159k£38kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-934.8k£-939.7k
Current assets£37.8k£8.7k
Net assets£-934.8k£-943.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-07
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2021-04-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-04-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-04-29
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    STEWART, Alistair Graham Sommerville resigned
    director
  17. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Ian James appointed
    director
  18. 2014-03-24
    ➖
    DYETT, Lorna resigned
    director
  19. 2014-03-24
    ➖
    MCCALLUM, William Carson resigned
    director
  20. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    STEWART, Alistair Graham Sommerville appointed
    director
  21. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, William Carson appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-17
    ➕
    MACDONALD, James Anderson Cowan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-05-17
    ➖
    WATSON, Ian Sinclair resigned
    secretary
  24. 2010-05-17
    ➖
    DUGUID, Scott Macilwriath resigned
    director
  25. 2010-05-17
    ➖
    WATSON, Ian Sinclair resigned
    director
  26. 1997-09-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, James Anderson Cowan appointed
    director
  27. 1997-09-01
    ➕
    DYETT, Lorna appointed
    director
  28. 1994-02-11
    ➕
    WATSON, Ian Sinclair appointed
    secretary
  29. 1994-02-11
    ➕
    DUGUID, Scott Macilwriath appointed
    director
  30. 1994-02-11
    ➕
    WATSON, Ian Sinclair appointed
    director
  31. 1994-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DALZIEL SPORTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  32. 1994-02-10
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1994-02-10
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  34. 1994-02-10
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  35. 1994-01-10
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

378 Brandon Street
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 1XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

MACDONALD, James Anderson Cowan→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Ian James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, James Anderson Cowan→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-10 · resigned 1994-01-10
Resigned
WATSON, Ian Sinclair→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned
DUGUID, Scott Macilwriath→
director · ~76y · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned
DYETT, Lorna→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 2014-03-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-02-10 · resigned 1994-02-10
Resigned
MCCALLUM, William Carson→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2014-03-24
Resigned
STEWART, Alistair Graham Sommerville→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-03-24 · resigned 2014-04-29
Resigned
WATSON, Ian Sinclair→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-27