EAST AYRSHIRE CAR CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC049815 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1972-01-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
61 officers (2 active, 61 linked, 51 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
194 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
75
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
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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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
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 (131 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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  2. 2025-02-26
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  3. 2024-11-20
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-11-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2024-04-09
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  6. 2024-02-19
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  7. 2024-02-19
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-19
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    address · AD01
  9. 2024-02-15
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    address · AD01
  10. 2023-04-06
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  11. 2022-06-06
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  12. 2021-07-30
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  13. 2021-01-15
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  14. 2021-01-15
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  15. 2021-01-15
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    address · AD01
  16. 2021-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-02-14
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  18. 2020-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2019-02-14
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-09-04
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    FAIR, Russell appointed
    director
  21. 2012-09-04
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    MCDONALD, Grace resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-09-04
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    ALEXANDER, Gordon resigned
    director
  23. 2012-09-04
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    MCDONALD, Allan resigned
    director
  24. 2012-09-04
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    MCDONALD, Grace resigned
    director
  25. 2012-01-26
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    HENDERSON, Samuel appointed
    director
  26. 2012-01-26
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    STEWART, Alexa resigned
    director
  27. 2011-06-13
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    MCDONALD, Grace appointed
    director
  28. 2010-12-31
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    FREW, John David resigned
    director
  29. 2010-12-31
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    MCDONALD, Allan appointed
    director
  30. 2010-05-11
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    MCDONALD, Grace appointed
    secretary
  31. 2010-02-09
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    SHERIDAN, Lesley Anne resigned
    secretary
  32. 2010-02-09
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    SHERIDAN, Lesley Anne resigned
    director
  33. 2008-02-01
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    ALEXANDER, Gordon appointed
    director
  34. 2008-02-01
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    STEWART, Alexa appointed
    director
  35. 2008-01-24
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    MACINTYRE, Gordon Fraser resigned
    director
  36. 2008-01-24
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    MCDONALD, David resigned
    director
  37. 2008-01-24
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    MCKNIGHT, Morag resigned
    director
  38. 2008-01-24
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    ROWE, Michael resigned
    director
  39. 2008-01-24
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    SHERIDAN, Scott resigned
    director
  40. 2007-04-02
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    MCKNIGHT, Morag resigned
    secretary
  41. 2007-04-02
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    SHERIDAN, Lesley Anne appointed
    secretary
  42. 2007-04-02
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    SHERIDAN, Lesley Anne appointed
    director
  43. 2007-03-05
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    ROWE, Michael appointed
    director
  44. 2007-02-08
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    MCKNIGHT, Morag appointed
    secretary
  45. 2007-02-08
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    STEVENSON, John resigned
    director
  46. 2007-02-08
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    TELFER, Brian Douglas resigned
    director
  47. 2007-02-08
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    TELFER, David Stewart resigned
    director
  48. 2006-11-06
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    BURROWS, Nina resigned
    secretary
  49. 2006-11-06
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    BURROWS, Nina resigned
    director
  50. 2006-10-16
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    MURCHIE, John Michael resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samual Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1972-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

29 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
KA1 2BY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 59 resigned)

FAIR, Russell→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDERSON, Samuel→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURROWS, Nina→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2006-11-06
Resigned
LOGAN, Catherine Christina→
secretary · resigned 2000-03-28
Resigned
MCDONALD, Grace→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-11 · resigned 2012-09-04
Resigned
MCKNIGHT, Morag→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-08 · resigned 2007-04-02
Resigned
MILROY, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-28 · resigned 2005-01-27
Resigned
SHERIDAN, Lesley Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-02 · resigned 2010-02-09
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Gordon→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2012-09-04
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Gordon→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2004-02-01
Resigned
ANDERSON, David→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-02-25 · resigned 1993-01-26
Resigned
ANDREWS, David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned
BAILLIE, Robert Kerr→
director · ~83y · appointed 1993-01-26 · resigned 2000-03-28
Resigned
BAILLIE, Robert Kerr→
director · ~83y · resigned 1992-01-28
Resigned
BERNEY, Edward→
director · ~84y · appointed 1998-02-17 · resigned 2002-03-04
Resigned
BROLLS, Wesley William→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-01-28 · resigned 1995-01-31
Resigned
BRUCE, Graham John→
director · ~53y · appointed 1998-02-17 · resigned 2002-02-07
Resigned
BRUCE, Middleton→
director · ~85y · resigned 1992-01-28
Resigned
BURROWS, Nina→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2006-11-06
Resigned
CONNELL, Barry Graham→
director · ~58y · appointed 1993-01-26 · resigned 1995-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property23/02/199020/11/2024

Recent filings (194 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07