CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC167752 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-16

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£234.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £234,497

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£234k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£234.5k	£234.5k
Net assets	£234.5k	£234.5k

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-08-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1996-11-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-10-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-09-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-08-16
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Company incorporated
As CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL LIMITED
1996-08-16
➕
HIGGINS, John Christopher appointed
secretary
1996-08-16
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HIGGINS, John Christopher appointed
director
1996-08-16
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HIGGINS, Katherine appointed
director
1996-08-16
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-08-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Christopher Higgins Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	16/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-08-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Broadlees Industrial Estate

Carlisle Road

Chapelhall

Airdrie

ML6 8RH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HIGGINS, John Christopher→

secretary · appointed 1996-08-16

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Active

HIGGINS, John Christopher→

director · ~71y · appointed 1996-08-16

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Active

HIGGINS, Katherine→

director · ~58y · appointed 1996-08-16

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-08-16 · resigned 1996-08-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	16/08/2005	20/02/2026
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	11/11/1996	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	25/10/1996	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	16/09/1996	—

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Recent filings (73 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2026-02-20

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

accounts · AA

2025-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-19

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

accounts · AA

2024-08-13

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-04-09

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

accounts · AA

2024-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-08-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-08-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-01-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-17