KOOLGOLF LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC208642 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-29
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
63 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2000-07-27➕MILNE, John Todd appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-27➕DAVIDSON, Peter Gordon appointeddirector
- 2000-07-27➕MILNE, John Todd appointeddirector
- 2000-07-27➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-07-27➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs KOOLGOLF LIMITED
- 2000-06-29➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-29➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Peter Gordon Davidson Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr John Todd Milne Individual · British · DOB 04/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
Whinhurst
Auchenblae
Laurencekirk
AB30 1SL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
DAVIDSON, Peter Gordon→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2000-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILNE, John Todd→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2000-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-07-27
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-07-27
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Recent filings (63 total)
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2025-09-16
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2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
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2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2019-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-19