LENDALFOOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC289259 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-08-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-10-21
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accounts · AA
2024-08-16
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officers · AP01
2024-08-16
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officers · AP01
2024-08-12
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MCGINLAY, Helen appointed
director
2024-08-12
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WILSON, Irene Aimee appointed
director
2024-07-19
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officers · TM01
2024-07-19
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officers · TM01
2024-07-19
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officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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CUNNINGHAM, Danny resigned
director
2024-07-16
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CUNNINGHAM, Kay resigned
director
2024-07-16
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FLEMING, Margaret Gibson Goldie resigned
director
2024-06-18
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accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts · AA
2022-05-18
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CUNNINGHAM, Danny appointed
director
2022-05-18
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officers · CH01
2022-05-18
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officers · AP01
2022-05-16
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officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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MARSHALL, Anne Smith resigned
director
2021-08-04
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FLEMING, Margaret Gibson Goldie appointed
director
2021-08-04
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officers · AP01
2021-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-06-03
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accounts · AA
2019-05-17
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officers · TM02
2019-04-01
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CUNNINGHAM, Kay appointed
director
2018-06-11
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MARSHALL, Ann Smith resigned
secretary
2018-04-01
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DAVIDSON, Agnes Lawson resigned
director
2017-09-28
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ANDREWS, Patrick appointed
director
2017-04-01
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GRIEVE, Elizabeth Ann resigned
secretary
2017-04-01
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MARSHALL, Ann Smith appointed
secretary
2017-03-31
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HYSLOP, Elizabeth Mary resigned
director
2014-06-30
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BELL, Isobel resigned
director
2008-03-31
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BARR, Margaret Mcgregor Stewart resigned
director
2008-03-31
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DAVIDSON, Agnes Lawson appointed
director
2008-03-31
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HOWARTH, Beryl resigned
director
2006-09-11
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MELVILLE, Isabel appointed
director
2006-09-11
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BARR, Margaret Mcgregor Stewart appointed
director
2006-09-11
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HOWARTH, Beryl appointed
director
2006-09-11
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MARSHALL, Anne Smith appointed
director
2006-01-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: South Ayrshire Council
2005-08-22
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Company incorporated
As LENDALFOOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED
2005-08-22
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GRIEVE, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2005-08-22
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PATON, Elizabeth Jacqueline appointed
director
2005-08-22
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STEWART, Isobel Susan appointed
director
2005-08-22
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GRIEVE, Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
2005-08-22
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BELL, Isobel appointed
director
2005-08-22
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HYSLOP, Elizabeth Mary appointed
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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated2005-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lendalfoot Community Hall

Lendalfoot

KA26 0JF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17