MCLAREN COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE (TRADING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC156034 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-16

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

66 officers (9 active, 66 linked, 56 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

199 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (143 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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officers · CH01
2025-12-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-11-26
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DUNION, Carolyn Nina resigned
director
2024-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-02-08
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officers · AP01
2024-01-31
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LIMONCI, Marco appointed
director
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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officers · AP01
2023-09-27
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HUCKERBY, Lynne Margaret appointed
director
2023-09-06
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officers · TM01
2023-08-30
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SCOTT, Sean Alan resigned
director
2023-01-30
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DUNION, Carolyn Nina resigned
director
2023-01-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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officers · RP04AP01
2022-11-09
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officers · AP01
2022-11-02
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officers · AP01
2022-10-26
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DUNION, Carolyn Nina appointed
director
2022-10-26
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DUNION, Carolyn Nina appointed
director
2021-12-20
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EAST, Grant Peter resigned
director
2021-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
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officers · AP01
2021-03-31
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COULTHARD, Andrew appointed
director
2021-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-12-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-11-16
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TWIGG, Richard John resigned
director
2020-01-29
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PICKEN, Rachael appointed
director
2019-12-27
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DRUMMOND, Claire resigned
director
2019-12-19
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MCLAY, Duncan resigned
director
2019-10-30
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KERR, Sylvi Estelle appointed
director
2019-10-30
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TWIGG, Richard John appointed
director
2019-07-03
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CAMPBELL, John Arthur resigned
director
2019-01-30
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SCOTT, Sean Alan appointed
director
2018-10-12
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DRUMMOND, Claire appointed
director
2018-09-26
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SCOTT, Sean Alan resigned
director
2018-05-30
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JOHNSTON, Sheila resigned
director
2017-02-22
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JOHNSTON, Sheila appointed
director
2017-01-25
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HAMMOND, Thomas Paul resigned
director
2016-04-27
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EAST, Grant Peter appointed
director
2016-02-24
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WATKINS, Thomas Raymond appointed
director
2016-02-24
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HAMMOND, Thomas Paul appointed
director
2016-02-24
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MCLAY, Duncan appointed
director
2016-01-07
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MITCHELL, Alexander Prentice resigned
director
2015-08-25
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GILLAN, Norman resigned
director
2015-06-17
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FORSTER, Julia Isabella Cameron resigned
director
2014-11-26
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CAMPBELL, John Arthur appointed
director
2014-09-26
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FORSTER, Julia Isabella Cameron appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

Group structure

Mclaren Community Leisure Centre (Holdings) is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mclaren Community Leisure Centre (Holdings)

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MCLAREN COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE (TRADING) LIMITED

This company · SC156034

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mclaren Community Leisure Centre (Holdings) Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/12/2020

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

Incorporated1995-02-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Mclaren Community Leisure Centre

Mollands Road

Callander

Perthshire

FK17 8JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23