PRESTWICK TENNIS AND FITNESS

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SC273788 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-09-24

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£529.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £529,763

Net assets shrinking

Down £61,518 YoY

Cash YoY

-26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£127k

↓ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£530k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£129k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£1.23M	£1.32M
Current assets	£129.2k	£175.8k
Cash	£127.2k	£171.1k
Debtors	£2.0k	£4.7k
Net assets	£529.8k	£591.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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officers · AP01
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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GIBSON, Richard William appointed
director
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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accounts · AA
2018-11-08
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officers · TM01
2018-10-22
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PERRY, Theresa resigned
director
2018-08-06
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officers · AP01
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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KNOX, Daniel Alexander appointed
director
2017-10-12
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officers · TM01
2017-10-10
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ELLIOTT, Jacqueline Angela resigned
director
2017-06-30
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accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-29
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annual-return · AR01
2012-11-21
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DARGIE, Alexander appointed
director
2012-11-21
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KENDAL, Jill Elizabeth appointed
director
2012-11-21
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CAIRNS, Thomas resigned
director
2012-11-21
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PERRY, Theresa appointed
director
2012-11-21
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WELSH, John Mcwilliam resigned
director
2011-11-30
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ELLIOTT, Jacqueline Angela appointed
director
2009-03-01
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COLLINS, William Janson resigned
director
2004-09-24
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Company incorporated
As PRESTWICK TENNIS AND FITNESS
2004-09-24
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ROGERSON, James Stewart Lindsay appointed
secretary
2004-09-24
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ROGERSON, James Stewart Lindsay appointed
director
2004-09-24
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STUBLEY, David appointed
director
2004-09-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-09-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-09-24
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CAIRNS, Thomas appointed
director
2004-09-24
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COLLINS, William Janson appointed
director
2004-09-24
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WELSH, John Mcwilliam appointed
director
2004-09-24
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-09-24
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-09-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-09-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-09-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-09-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-09-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

1 Whinfield Place

Prestwick

KA9 2TS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24