ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC139602 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-06

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 30.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 30.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.5 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: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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accounts · AA
2025-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-19
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officers · AP01
2023-08-10
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SHEEHAN, John Anthony appointed
director
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-01
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BREEN, Pat appointed
director
2022-12-01
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MUIR, Amanda appointed
director
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-09
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officers · TM01
2020-08-03
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SHEEHAN, John Anthony resigned
director
2020-08-01
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GIBB, Edward appointed
director
2020-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-17
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MORRISON, Samuel Denver resigned
director
2019-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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SHEEHAN, John Anthony appointed
director
2011-02-28
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MACNAMARA, Robert appointed
secretary
2011-02-28
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MACNAMARA, Robert appointed
director
2011-02-28
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FERRIE, Thomas Joseph resigned
secretary
2011-02-07
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FERRIE, Thomas Joseph resigned
director
2010-07-31
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KEAN, William Miller resigned
director
2005-06-17
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FERRIE, Thomas Joseph appointed
secretary
2005-06-17
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HARPER, Hugo Maximillian resigned
secretary
2005-06-17
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FERRIE, Thomas Joseph appointed
director
2005-06-17
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HARPER, Hugo resigned
director
2005-06-17
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KEAN, William Miller appointed
director
2005-06-17
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MACNAMARA, Robert resigned
director
2005-02-17
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MORRISON, Samuel Denver appointed
director
2001-01-09
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HARPER, Hugo appointed
director
1999-09-27
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COOPER, Ronald resigned
director
1998-08-05
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HALLIDAY, Christine resigned
director
1997-10-08
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MACNAMARA, Robert appointed
director
1997-09-06
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MCILROY, Margaret Leslie resigned
director
1997-01-20
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MCILROY, Davie Henry resigned
director
1996-06-07
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MEECHAN, John resigned
director
1995-10-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1994-11-07
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MEECHAN, John appointed
director
1994-08-01
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BREEN, Patrick resigned
director
1992-08-06
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Company incorporated
As ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
1992-08-06
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HARPER, Hugo Maximillian appointed
secretary
1992-08-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Macnamara Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · board control · significant influence · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mr Pat Breen Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/12/2016

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Derek William Cookceased 02/05/2019· significant influence
Mr John Anthony Sheehanceased 03/08/2020· 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest
Mr Samuel Denver Morrisonceased 08/06/2019· 75-100% shares · board control · significant influence · trust interest
Mr James Lennox Porterceased 04/01/2018· 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-08-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

3 Verona Place

Ardrossan

KA22 8EJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06