SOLWAY CAR CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC101125 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-09-30

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

31 officers (7 active, 31 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	0	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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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officers · CH01
2026-03-04
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officers · CH01
2026-02-12
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officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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officers · TM01
2026-02-03
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RIDDICK, Kirsty Louise appointed
director
2026-02-03
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MCCULLOCH, Mark John resigned
director
2025-12-05
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-03-11
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officers · AP01
2024-03-11
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officers · TM01
2024-02-28
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CUNNINGHAM, Glen Laird appointed
director
2024-02-28
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RIDDICK, Kirsty Louise resigned
director
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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officers · AP01
2023-03-06
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officers · TM01
2023-03-01
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ROBERTSON, Stewart resigned
director
2023-02-28
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RIDDICK, Michael Alexander appointed
director
2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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officers · AP01
2022-03-14
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officers · TM01
2022-03-02
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MCCULLOCH, Mark John appointed
director
2022-02-09
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PEACOCK, Scott resigned
director
2021-12-08
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accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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accounts · AA
2020-03-17
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officers · AP01
2020-03-09
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RIDDICK, Kirsty Louise appointed
director
2019-12-18
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accounts · AA
2018-01-10
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CONNELLY, Albert resigned
director
2018-01-10
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LAIRD, Thomas Armstrong resigned
director
2017-02-28
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ARMSTRONG, Barbara Helen resigned
director
2017-02-28
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PEACOCK, Scott appointed
director
2015-01-14
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RIDDICK, Keith Campbell appointed
director
2015-01-14
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PEACOCK, Donald George resigned
director
2013-01-16
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ARMSTRONG, Barbara Helen appointed
director
2013-01-16
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DICKSON, Richard Mark resigned
director
2011-01-19
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DOBIE, Alexander resigned
director
2011-01-19
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PEACOCK, Donald George appointed
director
2009-01-14
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DICKSON, Richard Mark appointed
director
2007-01-17
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DOBIE, Alexander appointed
director
2007-01-17
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MCNEIL, Stuart resigned
director
2005-01-19
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HAINING, Ian resigned
director
2003-01-15
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CAMPBELL, Moira resigned
director
2003-01-15
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DICKSON, Richard Mark resigned
director
2003-01-15
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HAINING, Ian appointed
director
2003-01-15
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MCNEIL, Stuart appointed
director
2003-01-15
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RIDDICK, Michael Alexander resigned
director
2002-01-16
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ROBERTSON, Stewart appointed
director
2001-10-30
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SMITH, Ronald James resigned
director
2000-11-08
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CAMPBELL, Moira appointed
director
1998-11-11
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DICKSON, Richard Mark appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 65 events

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1986-09-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Craigroyston

1 Dunmuir Road

Castle Douglas

Kirkcudbrightshire

DG7 1LG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09