SPORTS PARKS (EUROPE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC386622 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-07
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 Assets
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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 employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-01-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2023-01-18
    📄
    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  10. 2023-01-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-04-13
    ➖
    HERMSE, Gerardus Hubertus resigned
    director
  17. 2022-04-13
    ➖
    KORAK, Helmut resigned
    director
  18. 2021-07-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-06-30
    ➕
    DAND, Alan Lindsay appointed
    director
  20. 2021-05-15
    ➖
    STEWART, Thomas Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    SHEPARD III, Jean appointed
    director
  24. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    HERMSE, Gerardus Hubertus appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    KORAK, Helmut appointed
    director
  26. 2011-09-20
    ➕
    SHEPARD III, Jean E appointed
    director
  27. 2011-09-20
    ➖
    SHEPARD III, Jean E resigned
    director
  28. 2010-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SPORTS PARKS (EUROPE) LIMITED
  29. 2010-10-07
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  30. 2010-10-07
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  31. 2010-10-07
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  32. 2010-10-07
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  33. 2010-10-07
    ➕
    STEWART, Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  34. 2010-10-07
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  35. 2010-10-07
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Snowvalley (Europe) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Snowvalley (Europe) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SPORTS PARKS (EUROPE) LIMITED
This company · SC386622

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Snowvalley (Europe) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/04/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Alexander Stewartceased 13/04/2022· significant influence

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

DAND, Alan Lindsay→
director · ~80y · appointed 2021-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHEPARD III, Jean→
director · ~86y · appointed 2015-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2010-10-07
Resigned
HERMSE, Gerardus Hubertus→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-07-14 · resigned 2022-04-13
Resigned
KORAK, Helmut→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-07-14 · resigned 2022-04-13
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2010-10-07
Resigned
SHEPARD III, Jean E→
director · ~86y · appointed 2011-09-20 · resigned 2011-09-20
Resigned
STEWART, Thomas Alexander→
director · ~88y · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2021-05-15
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2010-10-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-18
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-01-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-18