BALBIRNIE FITNESS CENTRE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC237084 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-19

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93110Operation of sports facilities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 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.

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 · IFRS

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	1100	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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2019-04-27
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2018-02-20
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2016-11-23
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2016-06-22
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2011-09-15
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STEWART, Caroline appointed
director
2002-09-19
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Company incorporated
As BALBIRNIE FITNESS CENTRE LTD.
2002-09-19
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GUNKEL, Roderick Brian appointed
secretary
2002-09-19
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DUNCAN, Grant appointed
director
2002-09-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-19
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2002-09-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2002-09-19
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Grant Duncan Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Miss Caroline Stewart Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2002-09-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Balbirnie Gym

Alburne Park

Glenrothes

KY7 5RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GUNKEL, Roderick Brian→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

DUNCAN, Grant→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

STEWART, Caroline→

director · ~55y · appointed 2011-09-15

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

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