WESTERN MEETING CLUB 2007 HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC322247 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-26

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-11-28
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officers · TM01
2025-11-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-27
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JOHNSTONE, Agnes Murray Murphy resigned
director
2025-11-27
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JOHNSTONE, William Murdoch resigned
director
2025-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-01-11
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gazette · DISS40
2024-12-17
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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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
2021-09-16
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accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2007-06-08
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BROWN, David John appointed
secretary
2007-06-08
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AITKEN, Nanette Margaret appointed
director
2007-06-08
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JOHNSTONE, Richard Bell appointed
director
2007-06-08
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MACDONALDS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-06-08
➕
JOHNSTONE, Agnes Murray Murphy appointed
director
2007-06-08
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JOHNSTONE, William Murdoch appointed
director
2007-06-08
➖
WHITE, Joyce Helen resigned
nominee-director
2007-04-26
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Company incorporated
As WESTERN MEETING CLUB 2007 HOLDINGS LIMITED
2007-04-26
➕
MACDONALDS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-26
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WHITE, Joyce Helen appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JOHNSTONE, Agnes Murray Murphy resigned 2025-11-27; JOHNSTONE, William Murdoch resigned 2025-11-27

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Bell Johnstone Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Torrance Lodge

Riccarton Road

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

KA1 5LQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-12

Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, David John→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-08

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Active

AITKEN, Nanette Margaret→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-08

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Active

JOHNSTONE, Richard Bell→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACDONALDS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2007-06-08

Resigned

JOHNSTONE, Agnes Murray Murphy→

director · ~87y · appointed 2007-06-08 · resigned 2025-11-27

Resigned

JOHNSTONE, William Murdoch→

director · ~87y · appointed 2007-06-08 · resigned 2025-11-27

Resigned

WHITE, Joyce Helen→

nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2007-06-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP04CS01

2026-01-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-28

confirmation-statement

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-21

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-08

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-25