THE VOICE OF RUGBY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC376468 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-08
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£117.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,034
Cash YoY
+195%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£170k
↑ 195% YoY
Net Worth
£117k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Assets
£177k
↑ 111% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£35k£71k£106k£142k£177kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£117.0k£77.1k
Current assets£177.4k£84.1k
Cash£170.4k£57.8k
Debtors£7.0k£26.2k
Net assets£117.0k£77.1k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-04-09
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  3. 2026-03-27
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  4. 2024-12-05
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  5. 2024-01-10
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  6. 2023-02-01
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  7. 2021-11-11
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  8. 2020-10-27
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  9. 2020-01-28
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  10. 2019-03-28
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  11. 2018-01-29
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  12. 2017-02-08
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  13. 2016-04-13
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  14. 2015-12-09
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  15. 2015-08-18
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  16. 2015-05-31
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    RENWICK, Brian Leslie resigned
    director
  17. 2011-04-01
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    NORRIE, David Alistair John appointed
    director
  18. 2010-05-19
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    LAWSON, Alan James Macgregor appointed
    director
  19. 2010-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As THE VOICE OF RUGBY LIMITED
  20. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    THORBURN, John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    THORBURN, John appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    RENWICK, Brian Leslie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mansfield Park
Mansfield Road
Hawick
TD9 8AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

THORBURN, John→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-08
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Active
LAWSON, Alan James Macgregor→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-05-19
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Active
NORRIE, David Alistair John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
THORBURN, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-04-08
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Active
RENWICK, Brian Leslie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-08 · resigned 2015-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
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accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21