THE FOUNDRY GYM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC194575 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-24
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 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£177.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 26.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £177,929
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,079 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£178k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£72k£109k£145k£181kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£448.9k£452.0k
Current assets£72.3k£75.1k
Net assets£177.9k£181.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-18
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    WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-06-01
    ➕
    BARTHOLOMEW, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2011-06-01
    ➖
    WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant resigned
    director
  19. 2003-04-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2002-11-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2000-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1999-11-24
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Daniel David appointed
    director
  23. 1999-11-24
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-11-24
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant appointed
    director
  25. 1999-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As THE FOUNDRY GYM LIMITED
  26. 1999-03-24
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-03-24
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-03-24
    ➕
    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1999-03-24
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1999-03-24
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-03-24
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel David Whitehead
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Crofts House
Glen Muick
Ballater
Aberdeenshire
AB35 5SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BARTHOLOMEW, Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEHEAD, Daniel David→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-11-24
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Active
WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-24 · resigned 2017-08-18
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-24 · resigned 1999-03-24
Resigned
WHITEHEAD, Paul Bryant→
director · ~82y · appointed 1999-11-24 · resigned 2011-06-01
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-24 · resigned 1999-03-24
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-24 · resigned 1999-03-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/04/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property23/11/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property24/02/2000—
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-25