STEPHEN MCALLISTER GOLF LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC294181 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-43.9k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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, 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £43,912

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£44k
↓ 126% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£44k-£30k-£16k-£2k£11k£25kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-34.8k£-8.6k
Current assets£12.7k£25.3k
Net assets£-43.9k£-19.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As STEPHEN MCALLISTER GOLF LTD.
  18. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    MACMURRAY, Dorothy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    MACMURRAY, Dorothy appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    MCALLISTER, Stephen Drummond appointed
    director
  21. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-12-07
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-12-07
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "MCALLISTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Dorothy Macmurray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/12/2016
Stephen Drummond Mcallister
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Studio 4, Ground Floor Sir James Clark Building
Abbey Mill Business Centre
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1TJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACMURRAY, Dorothy→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACMURRAY, Dorothy→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCALLISTER, Stephen Drummond→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-07 · resigned 2005-12-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-07 · resigned 2005-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01