BROOMIEKNOWE GOLF CLUB LTD. (THE)

🌳Matureactive
SC029688 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1953-10-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 58.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 58.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 58.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
100 officers (8 active, 100 linked, 94 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
313 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees231900

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (201 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
    FERGUSON, James Andrew appointed
    director
  2. 2025-10-10
    SCOTT, Robert appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-10
    HENNESSY, Sandra Mary resigned
    director
  4. 2025-10-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-10-10
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-10-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-10-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-12-12
    STANTON, Sandra appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-11-15
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  12. 2024-11-15
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-11-12
    RAPSON, Neil appointed
    director
  14. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2024-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-02-20
    MCMILLAN, John Campbell appointed
    director
  17. 2024-02-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-04-14
    ORMISTON, Christopher resigned
    director
  20. 2023-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2023-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  22. 2023-03-02
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  23. 2023-03-01
    HENNESSY, Sandra Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  25. 2022-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2022-08-01
    MCMILLAN, John Campbell resigned
    director
  27. 2021-12-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  28. 2021-12-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  29. 2021-12-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  30. 2021-12-01
    CLARK, George resigned
    director
  31. 2021-12-01
    MUIR, Lindsay resigned
    director
  32. 2021-03-02
    MUIR, Lindsay appointed
    director
  33. 2020-10-05
    BEATTIE, Robert Henry resigned
    secretary
  34. 2020-10-01
    REID, Neil Temple appointed
    director
  35. 2020-10-01
    STEEDMAN, Jeffrey Peter appointed
    director
  36. 2019-12-12
    MCINTOSH, Caroline resigned
    director
  37. 2019-07-18
    DICKSON, Yvonne Christina resigned
    director
  38. 2019-07-18
    MCINTOSH, Caroline appointed
    director
  39. 2019-07-18
    MILLIKEN, Angus Campbell resigned
    director
  40. 2019-07-18
    ORMISTON, Christopher appointed
    director
  41. 2018-09-30
    MCMILLAN, John Campbell appointed
    director
  42. 2017-10-30
    CHARTERS, John Steele resigned
    director
  43. 2017-10-30
    MARC, Sean resigned
    director
  44. 2017-04-16
    LUNN, Kenneth John resigned
    director
  45. 2017-02-01
    HARRIS, Thomas resigned
    director
  46. 2016-08-01
    LUNN, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  47. 2016-07-13
    BRUCE, Stuart Robertson resigned
    director
  48. 2016-07-13
    DICKSON, Yvonne Christina appointed
    director
  49. 2016-07-13
    JOHNSTONE, Robert resigned
    director
  50. 2016-07-13
    MILLIKEN, Angus Campbell appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 201 events

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Armitage
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
sig. influencesignificant influence15/12/2016

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

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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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1953-10-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

36 Golf Course Rd
Bonnyrigg
EH19 2HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (8 active · 136 resigned)

FERGUSON, James Andrew
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-10-10
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Active
FISHER, Ross George
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-07-16
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Active
MCMILLAN, John Campbell
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-02-20
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Active
RAPSON, Neil
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-11-12
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Active
REID, Neil Temple
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-10-01
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Active
SCOTT, Robert
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-10-10
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Active
STANTON, Sandra
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-12-12
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Active
STEEDMAN, Jeffrey Peter
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-10-01
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Active
BEATTIE, Robert Henry
secretary · appointed 2008-04-03 · resigned 2020-10-05
Resigned
CARSON, John Learmonth
secretary · resigned 1992-04-09
Resigned
FISHER, John Derek
secretary · appointed 2000-04-06 · resigned 2008-04-03
Resigned
NIMMO, Ian James
secretary · appointed 1992-04-09 · resigned 1994-04-14
Resigned
SYMONDS, James, Dr
secretary · resigned 1990-04-12
Resigned
WHITE, John Guthrie
secretary · appointed 1994-04-14 · resigned 2000-04-06
Resigned
ALDERTON, Michael
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2009-04-02
Resigned
ALLAN, Thomas George Robertson
director · ~86y · resigned 1992-04-09
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Ian David
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-04-09 · resigned 2001-04-05
Resigned
BEATTIE, Robert Henry
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-04-27 · resigned 1998-04-02
Resigned
BECK, Stuart
director · ~47y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2007-04-05
Resigned
BISSET, Alan
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-07-26 · resigned 2014-02-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Disposition & explanatory letter1 property26/02/1968
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Recent filings (313 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-18