BERWICKSHIRE RECREATION EDUCATION SPORTS TRUST

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SC178735 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-09-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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 (8 active, 31 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1700	1700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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accounts · AA
2025-07-18
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officers · AP01
2025-07-16
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officers · AP01
2024-12-05
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HALLOS, Neil appointed
director
2024-12-05
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JENKINS, Alice Mary appointed
director
2024-12-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-05
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officers · TM02
2024-12-04
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
secretary
2024-12-04
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
director
2024-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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officers · CH01
2023-12-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-08
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officers · AP03
2023-12-07
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DICKSON, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-12-07
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart appointed
secretary
2023-11-21
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officers · AP01
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
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officers · TM01
2023-07-12
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AFFLECK, Ann resigned
director
2023-01-12
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FIELD, Wanda-Jane appointed
director
2022-08-28
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GOW, Christine resigned
director
2022-08-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-17
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officers · TM01
2019-12-06
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HOLMES, Jane Hope resigned
director
2019-12-06
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MCKENZIE, Gordon resigned
director
2019-10-09
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officers · AP01
2019-09-27
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart appointed
director
2019-09-26
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GOW, Christine appointed
director
2015-12-03
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
secretary
2015-12-03
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AFFLECK, Ann appointed
director
2015-12-03
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ROBERTSON, John resigned
director
2014-11-20
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MCKENZIE, Gordon appointed
director
2014-05-22
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WETTON, Philippa resigned
director
2013-11-21
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HAY, Alexander Douglas resigned
director
2012-12-06
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FORREST, Robert Jack resigned
director
2012-12-06
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WETTON, Philippa appointed
director
2011-02-16
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FREW, Michael Graeme resigned
secretary
2011-02-16
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FREW, Michael Graeme resigned
director
2010-12-09
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart appointed
secretary
2008-12-04
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MCCANN, Simon Robert, Dr appointed
director
2008-12-04
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HOLMES, Jane Hope appointed
director
2007-12-06
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GRESHAM, Rosalyn Anne appointed
director
2007-12-06
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CALDER, Robert Gavin resigned
director
2007-12-06
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ELLIOT, John Bruce resigned
director
2006-12-07
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GRIMSDALE, William David resigned
director
2005-12-01
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SWINTON, John, Sir resigned
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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1997-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

The Swimming Pool Duns

Berwickshire

TD11 3QQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11