MURRAYFIELD SPORTS CLUB LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC447304 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-11
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
30 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100
Very low cash
Cash position: £98

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£100—
Cash£98—
Net assets£100—
Average employees—0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-11
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-07-11
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-07-02
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    RENNIE, James Anthony Douglas appointed
    director
  13. 2018-07-02
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    RENNIE, Ross Michael appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MURRAYFIELD SPORTS CLUB LTD
  19. 2013-04-11
    ➕
    CRABB, Samuel David appointed
    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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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
Incorporated2013-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

14 Riversdale Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 5QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CRABB, Samuel David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENNIE, James Anthony Douglas→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENNIE, Ross Michael→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-05