SCOTTISH CYCLISTS' UNION

🌳Matureactive

SC261263 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-12-23

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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

61 officers (12 active, 61 linked, 53 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

180 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	51	5200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (132 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-20
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COOPER, Diane resigned
director
2025-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-15
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COCKBURN, Fiona resigned
director
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-21
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BORLAND, Michelle appointed
director
2025-03-21
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COOPER, Diane appointed
director
2024-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-16
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GILCHRIST, Alexander appointed
director
2024-11-16
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GILCHRIST, Kathleen resigned
director
2024-11-16
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WARD, Paula resigned
director
2023-12-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-25
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EDGAR, Colin Best appointed
director
2023-11-25
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COOKE, Martin Alexander resigned
director
2023-11-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-29
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GUNNYEON, Malcolm John appointed
director
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-26
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EVERETT, Mari appointed
director
2022-11-26
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HUTCHINSON, Scott resigned
director
2022-11-26
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MCCALLUM, James resigned
director
2022-11-26
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WARD, Paula appointed
director
2022-11-05
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GILL, Michael appointed
director
2022-07-11
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MCCUE-DICK, Kenneth Stuart appointed
secretary
2022-07-08
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BALLOCH, Liam resigned
secretary
2022-05-25
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BISHOP, Thomas resigned
director
2021-11-27
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MCKELLAR, Joyce Margaret resigned
director
2021-10-25
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BALLOCH, Liam appointed
secretary
2021-07-16
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STARK, Paul John resigned
secretary
2021-05-24
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RENNIE, Nicholas Alexander appointed
director
2021-03-31
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BURN, Craig David resigned
director
2020-11-30
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ALLANACH, Colin appointed
director
2020-11-30
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MASON, Michael resigned
director
2019-12-02
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CLAYTON, Diane appointed
director
2019-12-02
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HOLL, Nigel Myrie appointed
director
2019-12-02
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WATT, John Edgar Allison appointed
director
2019-12-02
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COCKBURN, Fiona appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 132 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: COCKBURN, Fiona resigned 2025-11-15; COOPER, Diane resigned 2026-03-20

🔒Co-director network graph

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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-12-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Glasgow International Arena

1000 London Road

Glasgow

G40 3HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02