OBAN LORNE RFC LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC244248 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-20

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£15.0k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,968

Cash YoY

+76%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↑ 76% YoY

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 62% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↑ 54% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£15.0k	£9.2k
Current assets	£18.7k	£12.1k
Cash	£15.5k	£8.8k
Net assets	£15.0k	£9.2k

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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officers · TM01
2025-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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MATHESON, Hamish resigned
director
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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accounts · AA
2021-01-26
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2019-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-08-06
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accounts · AA01
2018-08-06
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accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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MALONE, William appointed
secretary
2018-05-22
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HAMILTON, Murray appointed
director
2018-05-22
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MALONE, William appointed
director
2018-05-22
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MCGHEE, Janice resigned
secretary
2018-05-22
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MATHESON, Hamish appointed
director
2018-05-22
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MCGHEE, Janice resigned
director
2018-05-22
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officers · AP01
2018-05-22
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officers · AP01
2018-05-22
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officers · AP01
2018-05-22
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officers · AP03
2018-05-22
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officers · TM01
2003-02-20
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Company incorporated
As OBAN LORNE RFC LTD
2003-02-20
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SPEIRS, Walter Thomas Swanney appointed
director
2003-02-20
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MCGHEE, Janice appointed
secretary
2003-02-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-20
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MCGHEE, Janice appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-02-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

R.A. Clement Associates

Argyll Square

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4AZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MALONE, William→

secretary · appointed 2018-05-22

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Active

HAMILTON, Murray→

director · ~44y · appointed 2018-05-22

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Active

MALONE, William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-05-22

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Active

SPEIRS, Walter Thomas Swanney→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-02-20

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Active

MCGHEE, Janice→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2018-05-22

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-20

Resigned

MATHESON, Hamish→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-05-22 · resigned 2024-11-20

Resigned

MCGHEE, Janice→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2018-05-22

Resigned

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