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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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2025-04-18
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2024-03-07
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2023-02-10
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2022-02-24
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2021-03-16
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2020-02-27
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2019-02-19
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2018-02-06
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2017-07-07
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2017-07-07
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2017-03-14
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2016-07-18
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2016-03-25
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2015-07-16
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2015-03-17
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2000-07-27
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MILNE, John Todd appointed
secretary
2000-07-27
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DAVIDSON, Peter Gordon appointed
director
2000-07-27
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MILNE, John Todd appointed
director
2000-07-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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2000-07-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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2000-06-29
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Company incorporated
As KOOLGOLF LIMITED
2000-06-29
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-29
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 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 candidate

Strong 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

clean

No 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
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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Company details

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)

MILNE, John Todd→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-27

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Active

DAVIDSON, Peter Gordon→

director · ~82y · appointed 2000-07-27

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Active

MILNE, John Todd→

director · ~81y · appointed 2000-07-27

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-07-27

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2000-07-27

Resigned

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