EAST LOTHIAN ROAD AND TRAIL MOTORCYCLE CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC282689 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-04-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.9k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
49 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,917

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£11k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£10.9k£10.6k
Current assets£10.9k£10.6k
Net assets£10.9k£10.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2025-08-27
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-20
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    MACKENZIE, Charles resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-26
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  6. 2022-06-28
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  7. 2021-08-24
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  8. 2020-08-20
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  9. 2019-09-11
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  10. 2018-08-08
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  11. 2017-08-23
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  12. 2016-09-01
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  13. 2016-04-13
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  14. 2015-10-01
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-10-01
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-09-01
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    LITTLE, Ian appointed
    director
  17. 2015-08-31
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    MILLETT, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  18. 2015-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As EAST LOTHIAN ROAD AND TRAIL MOTORCYCLE CLUB LIMITED
  20. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    THOMSON, Caroline Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-05
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    THOMSON, Caroline Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-05
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    MACKENZIE, Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    MILLETT, Elizabeth appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Ms Caroline Jane Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
——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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-04-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

40 Gallowhill Road
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
G66 4AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMSON, Caroline Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
LITTLE, Ian→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
THOMSON, Caroline Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-05
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Active
MACKENZIE, Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2025-08-20
Resigned
MILLETT, Elizabeth→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2015-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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officers · TM01
2025-08-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-11