INCH PARK COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB

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SC342628 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-05-09
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2024
Net worth
£1.28M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
24 officers (7 active, 24 linked, 22 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,276,771
Cash YoY
+73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£125k
↑ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£164k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£255k£511k£766k£1.0m£1.3mMay 2023May 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£1.30M£1.29M
Current assets£163.6k£108.6k
Cash£124.5k£72.0k
Debtors£39.1k£36.7k
Net assets£1.28M£1.25M

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-24
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    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-05-21
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    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2025-04-29
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    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-05-29
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  6. 2023-10-02
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  7. 2023-10-02
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-10-01
    BURBERRY, James Peter resigned
    director
  9. 2023-10-01
    MILLAR, Barri Stewart resigned
    director
  10. 2023-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-08-31
    SOMERVILLE, Alan John resigned
    director
  12. 2023-05-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-03-24
    DE SILVA, Kariyawasan Kellapatha Vak resigned
    director
  14. 2023-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-03-17
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  16. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-01-18
    MASON, John-Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2022-10-01
    MCANDREW, Raymond Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2022-05-31
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  20. 2022-05-23
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  21. 2022-02-25
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    officers · TM01
  22. 2022-02-23
    WOODS, Mark Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2021-12-31
    REDDISH, Paul Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2021-09-15
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    officers · AP01
  25. 2021-09-02
    SOMERVILLE, Alan John appointed
    director
  26. 2021-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2021-04-09
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  28. 2021-03-10
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  29. 2021-03-09
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    officers · AP01
  30. 2021-02-01
    SKENE, Hamish Alistair Campbell resigned
    director
  31. 2020-12-10
    CAMERON, Lezley Marion, Cllr appointed
    director
  32. 2020-10-29
    BURBERRY, James Peter appointed
    director
  33. 2020-10-29
    MILLAR, Barri Stewart appointed
    director
  34. 2020-02-01
    SKENE, Hamish Alistair Campbell appointed
    director
  35. 2019-09-08
    GILLANDERS, Daniel Murdo resigned
    director
  36. 2018-11-28
    PAIGE, Steve resigned
    director
  37. 2018-08-01
    DE SILVA, Kariyawasan Kellapatha Vak appointed
    director
  38. 2017-10-31
    BROWN, Alexander John Clarke resigned
    director
  39. 2017-06-06
    SODEN, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  40. 2017-04-01
    PAIGE, Steve appointed
    director
  41. 2016-12-06
    WOODS, Mark Peter appointed
    director
  42. 2016-08-17
    SNEDDON, Yusaf appointed
    director
  43. 2016-08-17
    WAUGH, Brian resigned
    director
  44. 2015-03-06
    REDDISH, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  45. 2015-02-28
    GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm resigned
    director
  46. 2014-12-10
    HEPBURN, Rodger John resigned
    director
  47. 2014-06-02
    THYNE, Douglas resigned
    director
  48. 2014-05-07
    REDDISH, Paul resigned
    director
  49. 2013-02-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Social Investment Scotland
  50. 2012-02-06
    HEPBURN, Rodger John appointed
    director
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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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2008-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (7 active · 17 resigned)

IRONS, Kenneth Wyness
secretary · appointed 2009-03-17
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Active
CAMERON, Lezley Marion, Cllr
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-12-10
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Active
IRONS, Kenneth Wyness
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-05-09
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Active
MASON, John-Paul
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-01-18
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Active
MCANDREW, Raymond Charles
director · ~70y · appointed 2022-10-01
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Active
SNEDDON, Yusaf
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-08-17
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Active
SODEN, Alan Thomas
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-06-06
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Active
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-09 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned
BROWN, Alexander John Clarke
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-05-09 · resigned 2017-10-31
Resigned
BURBERRY, James Peter
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-10-29 · resigned 2023-10-01
Resigned
DE SILVA, Kariyawasan Kellapatha Vak
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-08-01 · resigned 2023-03-24
Resigned
GILLANDERS, Daniel Murdo
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-07 · resigned 2019-09-08
Resigned
GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-05-09 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned
HEPBURN, Rodger John
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-02-06 · resigned 2014-12-10
Resigned
HURD, Kelvin
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-12-11 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
MILLAR, Barri Stewart
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-10-29 · resigned 2023-10-01
Resigned
PAIGE, Steve
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-04-01 · resigned 2018-11-28
Resigned
REDDISH, Paul Robert
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-03-06 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
REDDISH, Paul
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-12-11 · resigned 2014-05-07
Resigned
SKENE, Hamish Alistair Campbell
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2021-02-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Social Investment Scotland
Standard security1 property27/02/2013
outstanding
Sis (Community Finance)
Sis (Community Finance) Limited
Standard security1 property06/04/2011
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Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-05-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27