CUMNOCK & DISTRICT LEISURE GROUP

🌳Matureactive

SC194200 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-03-10

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
· Opportunity score: 73 → 81
· Bankability: 65 → 75

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 4 recent signals strengthening vs 1 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 1 negative.

↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
↑Opportunity score: 73 → 81
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
↑PSC count: 7 → 9
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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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

27 officers (7 active, 27 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 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

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

Last 90 days

filings

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

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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2026-06-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA01
2025-10-20
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accounts · AA
2025-10-08
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2025-10-08
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officers · AP01
2025-07-15
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officers · CH01
2025-07-15
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officers · CH01
2025-07-15
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2025-07-15
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officers · CH01
2025-07-15
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officers · CH03
2025-07-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-09
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officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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ALLAN, Steven William Alexander appointed
director
2025-04-07
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HOPE, Albert Hill appointed
director
2025-04-07
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WILSON, Robert Jamieson resigned
director
2025-01-22
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accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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accounts · AAMD
2024-03-29
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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WILSON, Robert Jamieson appointed
director
2024-02-20
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officers · AP01
2023-03-31
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COWAN, William Russell resigned
director
2023-03-31
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officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-12-31
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ROSS, Christopher Reid resigned
director
2020-02-28
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ANDERSON, Celia Margaret resigned
director
2016-07-01
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HEWET, David Alexander resigned
director
2013-12-12
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MCVEAN, Andrew George resigned
director
2013-02-01
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LEITCH, John Murray Gilmour resigned
director
2012-03-31
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FRASER, David Lees resigned
director
2010-12-15
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COWAN, William Russell appointed
director
2010-12-12
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HOWE, Donald resigned
director
2010-12-12
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MENZIES, William resigned
director
2010-12-12
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MORRICE, Katherine Anne resigned
director
2010-02-11
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FARMER, Christine Margaret resigned
director
2008-04-29
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DIXON, Norman resigned
director
2008-04-29
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KELLY, James resigned
director
2007-05-09
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MENZIES, William appointed
director
2007-05-09
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MORRICE, Katherine Anne appointed
director
2006-06-14
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JAGODOWSKI, Jean Hamilton appointed
secretary
2006-06-14
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ANDERSON, Celia Margaret resigned
secretary
2006-01-19
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MURRAY, Thomas Loch resigned
director
2006-01-16
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ANDREWS, Janice Elizabeth resigned
director
2006-01-13
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MCHARDY, James William resigned
director
2005-12-07
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HEWET, David Alexander appointed
director
2005-12-07
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ROSS, Christopher Reid appointed
director
2003-05-01
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BOYD, James resigned
director
2003-05-01
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FAULDS, Julie resigned
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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Albert Hill Hope Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2025
Mr Steven William Alexander Allan Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2025
Mrs Jean Hamilton Jagodowski Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Young Wilson Arthur Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Fiona Nolan Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Kaye Clark Hannah Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr William Russell Cowanceased 31/03/2023· significant influence
Mr Christopher Reid Rossceased 31/12/2022· significant influence
Mrs Celia Margaret Andersonceased 28/02/2020· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1999-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Visions Leisure Centre

Auchinleck Road

Cumnock

Ayrshire

KA18 1AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10