BALMORAL ROAD RACES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC284040 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-04-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£93.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £93,693
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£89k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£94k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£94k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£57k£76k£94kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£93.7k£76.8k
Current assets£94.5k£84.0k
Cash£89.4k£64.9k
Debtors£5.1k£19.1k
Net assets£93.7k£76.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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  2. 2025-06-02
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  3. 2025-04-24
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  4. 2025-03-31
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    GLEDSON, Richard Robert resigned
    director
  5. 2024-04-09
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  6. 2023-04-18
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  7. 2022-04-27
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  8. 2021-02-18
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  9. 2019-11-15
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  10. 2018-11-27
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  11. 2017-12-04
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  12. 2017-03-01
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  13. 2016-05-04
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  14. 2016-05-04
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  15. 2016-03-01
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  16. 2015-11-10
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  17. 2015-11-09
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    FEDO, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-10-31
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    MONTGOMERY, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  19. 2015-05-04
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  20. 2013-09-03
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    MATHERS, Frank George resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-09-03
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    MONTGOMERY, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-09-03
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    MATHERS, Frank George resigned
    director
  23. 2009-06-19
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    GLEDSON, Richard Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2009-05-31
    ➖
    ORD, Peter John resigned
    director
  25. 2007-02-28
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    BRUCE, Moira Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-02-28
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    MATHERS, Frank George appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-02-14
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    MATHERS, Frank George appointed
    director
  28. 2005-11-11
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    MACFARLANE, John Quentin resigned
    director
  29. 2005-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMORAL ROAD RACES LIMITED
  30. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    KNOWLES, James appointed
    director
  31. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    BRUCE, Moira Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  32. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, John Quentin appointed
    director
  33. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    ORD, Peter John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Estates Office
Balmoral Estate
Ballater
Aberdeenshire
AB35 5TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

FEDO, Jane Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNOWLES, James→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Moira Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
MATHERS, Frank George→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2013-09-03
Resigned
MONTGOMERY, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-03 · resigned 2015-10-31
Resigned
GLEDSON, Richard Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-06-19 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
MACFARLANE, John Quentin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2005-11-11
Resigned
MATHERS, Frank George→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-02-14 · resigned 2013-09-03
Resigned
ORD, Peter John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2009-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-29