BRIAN DOOLE GOLF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC289970 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07
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 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46160
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 14.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-01-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2020-11-24
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    Charge satisfied #3
  12. 2020-09-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-08-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2020-08-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2020-08-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2020-01-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-01-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2019-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-07-05
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-06-01
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    WOOD, Carol appointed
    director
  21. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  23. 2012-01-01
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    DOOLE, Brian appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-12-31
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    DOOLE, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  25. 2011-07-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2005-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIAN DOOLE GOLF LIMITED
  27. 2005-09-07
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    DOOLE, Brian appointed
    director
  28. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    DOOLE, Margaret appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOOLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Doole
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

Rath Erenn
St. Fillans
Crieff
Perthshire
PH6 2NF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOOLE, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-01
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Active
DOOLE, Brian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-07
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Active
WOOD, Carol→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-06-01
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Active
DOOLE, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2011-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property15/08/202024/11/2020
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/08/2020—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—16/01/2020—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/07/201126/01/2022
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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18