AUCHENGEICH MINERS WELFARE SOCIETY AND SOCIAL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC218856 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-05-04
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£220.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced clubs
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.3y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
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
71 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £220,345
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£220k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£220kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£237.2k£243.6k
Current assets£17.8k£16.9k
Cash£2.0k£3.1k
Debtors£4.3k£3.6k
Net assets£220.3k£216.8k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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  2. 2024-05-20
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  3. 2023-06-18
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  4. 2022-07-15
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  5. 2021-11-04
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  6. 2021-11-01
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    GRAY, Jane appointed
    director
  7. 2021-10-30
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  8. 2021-09-14
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  9. 2021-04-14
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  10. 2021-04-06
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  11. 2019-09-27
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  12. 2018-05-05
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  13. 2017-10-30
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  14. 2016-06-25
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  15. 2016-05-17
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  16. 2015-09-25
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  17. 2015-05-12
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  18. 2008-12-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited
  19. 2006-09-06
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    TOLLAN, John resigned
    director
  20. 2006-08-02
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    KANE, James resigned
    director
  21. 2005-09-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Belhaven Brewery Co LTD
  22. 2004-01-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Belhaven Brewery Company Limited
  23. 2003-06-26
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    HAMILTON, William resigned
    director
  24. 2003-06-26
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    KANE, James appointed
    director
  25. 2003-06-26
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    KEIRNAN, Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2003-06-26
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    MARTIN, Richard Hugh resigned
    director
  27. 2003-06-26
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    MCMURRAY, Edward resigned
    director
  28. 2003-02-09
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    CARR, Charles resigned
    director
  29. 2001-06-08
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    MCMURRAY, Edward appointed
    director
  30. 2001-06-06
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    CARR, Charles appointed
    director
  31. 2001-06-06
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    HAMILTON, William appointed
    director
  32. 2001-06-06
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    MARTIN, Richard Hugh appointed
    director
  33. 2001-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AUCHENGEICH MINERS WELFARE SOCIETY AND SOCIAL CLUB LIMITED
  34. 2001-05-04
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    TAYLOR, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  35. 2001-05-04
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    LOWE, John appointed
    director
  36. 2001-05-04
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    TAYLOR, Daniel appointed
    director
  37. 2001-05-04
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    KEIRNAN, Richard appointed
    director
  38. 2001-05-04
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    TOLLAN, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2001-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56301 — Licenced clubs

Registered office

Gartferry Road, Bridgend
Moodiesburn, Chryston
Glasgow
G69 0JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

TAYLOR, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-04
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Active
GRAY, Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-11-01
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Active
LOWE, John→
director · ~90y · appointed 2001-05-04
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Active
TAYLOR, Daniel→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-05-04
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Active
CARR, Charles→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2003-02-09
Resigned
HAMILTON, William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2003-06-26
Resigned
KANE, James→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-06-26 · resigned 2006-08-02
Resigned
KEIRNAN, Richard→
director · ~89y · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2003-06-26
Resigned
MARTIN, Richard Hugh→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2003-06-26
Resigned
MCMURRAY, Edward→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-06-08 · resigned 2003-06-26
Resigned
TOLLAN, John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2006-09-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Greene King Brewing and Retailing
Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited
Floating charge1 property11/12/2008—
outstanding
Belhaven Brewery Co
Belhaven Brewery Co LTD
Standard security1 property21/09/2005—
outstanding
Belhaven Brewery Company
Belhaven Brewery Company Limited
Floating charge1 property14/01/2004—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
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2024-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-05
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accounts · AA
2023-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
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gazette · DISS40
2021-04-14
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-04-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04