CASTLE KENNEDY GOLF ACADEMY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC357500 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2024-03-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-10
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Hugh Mckie appointed
    director
  19. 2014-11-11
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    HARDIE, Keith resigned
    director
  20. 2014-10-08
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Hugh Mckie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE KENNEDY GOLF ACADEMY LIMITED
  22. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    PEARSON, Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    HARDIE, Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Hugh Mckie Galloway
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/04/2025
Mr Stephen Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Hugh Mckie Gallowayceased 12/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

New Luce Road
Castle Kennedy
Stranraer
Dumfries & Galloway
DG9 8SQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GALLOWAY, Hugh Mckie→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-08
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Active
GALLOWAY, Hugh Mckie→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-05-10
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Active
PEARSON, Stephen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-03-31
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Active
HARDIE, Keith→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2014-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09