INCH PARK (TRADING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC347514 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2024

Net worth

£-61.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Fitness facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

29 officers (7 active, 29 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £60,969

Cash YoY

+44%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↑ 44% YoY

Net Worth

-£61k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-05-31	2023-05-31
Total assets	£-47.7k	£-37.3k
Current assets	£15.4k	£22.7k
Cash	£4.6k	£3.2k
Debtors	£7.8k	£16.6k
Net assets	£-61.0k	£-60.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2025-05-28
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2024-05-29
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2023-10-02
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2023-10-02
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2023-10-01
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BURBERRY, James Peter resigned
director
2023-10-01
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MILLAR, Barri Stewart resigned
director
2023-09-06
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officers · TM01
2023-08-31
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SOMERVILLE, Alan John resigned
director
2023-08-23
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2023-08-23
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2023-08-23
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2023-03-24
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DE SILVA, Kariyawasan Kellapatha Vak resigned
director
2023-02-27
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2023-01-18
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MASON, John-Paul appointed
director
2022-10-01
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MCANDREW, Raymond Charles appointed
director
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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2022-02-23
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WOODS, Mark Peter resigned
director
2021-09-15
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2021-09-02
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SOMERVILLE, Alan John appointed
director
2021-05-31
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2021-04-09
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2021-04-09
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2021-03-10
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2021-03-09
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2021-03-08
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2021-02-01
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SKENE, Hamish Alistair Campbell resigned
director
2020-12-10
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CAMERON, Lezley Marion, Cllr appointed
director
2020-10-29
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BURBERRY, James Peter appointed
director
2020-10-29
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MILLAR, Barri Stewart appointed
director
2020-10-05
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2020-07-02
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MANTLE, Lynne resigned
director
2020-02-01
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SKENE, Hamish Alistair Campbell appointed
director
2019-09-08
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GILLANDERS, Daniel Murdo resigned
director
2018-08-01
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DE SILVA, Kariyawasan Kellapatha Vak appointed
director
2017-11-03
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MURRAY, Andrew Elliott resigned
director
2017-10-31
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BROWN, Alexander John Clarke resigned
director
2017-07-01
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FLYNN, Michael James Gevaux resigned
director
2017-06-06
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SODEN, Alan Thomas appointed
director
2017-06-06
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MANTLE, Lynne appointed
director
2016-12-06
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WOODS, Mark Peter appointed
director
2016-11-13
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CAMERON, Andrew resigned
director
2016-08-17
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SNEDDON, Yusaf appointed
director
2016-08-17
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WAUGH, Brian resigned
director
2015-08-18
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BARCLAY, Alastair Samuel resigned
director
2015-02-10
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CAMERON, Andrew appointed
director
2015-02-10
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FLYNN, Michael James Gevaux appointed
director
2015-02-10
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GILLANDERS, Daniel Murdo appointed
director
2015-02-10
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MURRAY, Andrew Elliott appointed
director
2014-12-31
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GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm resigned
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 17 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 17 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.)

Group structure

Inch Park Community Sports Club is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Inch Park Community Sports Club

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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INCH PARK (TRADING) LIMITED

This company · SC347514

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Inch Park Community Sports Club Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · EH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
FESTIVALS EDINBURGH LIMITED→ SC331673 · est 2007	£179.5k £139.6k–£219.4k	—	—	6	18y	86	70y
ALHAMBRA THEATRE TRUST→ SC345187 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	83	77y
ARCHERFIELD & FIDRA GOLF COURSES LIMITED→ SC260327 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	83	79y
ASSEMBLY THEATRE LIMITED→ SC092088 · est 1985	—	—	£185.5k	—	41y	83	78y
BRAID HILLS SHOP LIMITED→ SC177390 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	83	70y
CHEEK BY JOWL THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED→ SC078954 · est 1982 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	43y	83	74y
CORRIES (MUSIC) LTD., THE→ SC056353 · est 1974	—	—	£2	—	51y	83	89y
DM AUDIO LIMITED→ SC245613 · est 2003	—	—	—	9	23y	83	61y
HISTORIC CHURCHES SCOTLAND→ SC162884 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	83	77y
INCH PARK COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB→ SC342628 · est 2008	—	—	£1.28M	—	18y	83	70y
MAGNETIC NORTH THEATRE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED→ SC199210 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	83	75y
RADICAL TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED→ SC136334 · est 1992 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	34y	83	61y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

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: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22