THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC175364 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-13

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 27.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.9y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

100 officers (11 active, 100 linked, 96 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

300 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (218 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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2026-01-15
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THORNTON, Fraser John appointed
director
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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officers · TM01
2025-07-04
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officers · AP01
2025-07-04
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officers · AP01
2025-07-03
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incorporation · MA
2025-07-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-02
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officers · AP01
2025-07-02
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officers · TM01
2025-07-02
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2025-07-02
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2025-06-24
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CARROLL, Phyllis appointed
director
2025-06-24
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COOK, David appointed
director
2025-06-24
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HOUSTON, William Mccrindle appointed
director
2025-06-24
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HETHERINGTON, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2025-06-24
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MACDONALD, James Donald resigned
director
2025-06-24
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MATHIE, Graeme Ross resigned
director
2025-06-24
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NICHOLSON, Michael resigned
director
2024-12-15
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officers · AP01
2024-11-25
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DOUGAN, Iain appointed
director
2024-11-12
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officers · TM01
2024-11-04
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MAITLAND, Allan resigned
director
2024-10-29
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accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-21
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-21
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2024-06-11
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ALLAN, Andrew appointed
director
2024-06-11
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BISGROVE, James John resigned
director
2024-06-11
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DAVIDSON, Peter Forbes resigned
director
2024-06-11
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GRAHAM, Craig Andrew resigned
director
2024-06-11
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MAITLAND, Allan appointed
director
2024-06-11
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NICHOLSON, Michael appointed
director
2024-04-24
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GRAHAM, Craig Andrew appointed
director
2024-01-09
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DONALD, Alastair Ingram resigned
director
2023-07-17
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BISGROVE, James John appointed
director
2023-07-17
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DAVIDSON, Peter Forbes appointed
director
2023-07-17
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GRAY, Leslie resigned
director
2023-07-17
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NICHOLSON, Michael Gordon Kenneth resigned
director
2023-04-26
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MCPHERSON, Malcolm Henry appointed
director
2023-02-21
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GORDON, Ronald John resigned
director
2022-07-18
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MATHIE, Graeme Ross appointed
director
2022-07-18
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NICHOLSON, Michael Gordon Kenneth appointed
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HETHERINGTON, Paul Anthony resigned 2025-06-24; MACDONALD, James Donald resigned 2025-06-24; MATHIE, Graeme Ross resigned 2025-06-24

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hampden Park

Glasgow

G42 9DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13