AYR UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC294025 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-12-02

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 May 2024

Net worth

£195.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

96040Physical well-being activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

31 officers (10 active, 31 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £195,077

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£113k

Net Worth

£195k

Current Assets

£203k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-05-31
Total assets	£195.1k
Current assets	£203.1k
Cash	£112.6k
Debtors	£90.5k
Net assets	£195.1k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (73 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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officers · TM01
2026-03-19
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GUNNING, Allan resigned
director
2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2026-01-21
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officers · AP01
2026-01-20
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officers · TM01
2026-01-15
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GRIBBEN, Kevin Lawrence appointed
director
2026-01-15
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MOORE, Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-11-05
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officers · AP01
2025-10-29
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officers · CH01
2025-10-16
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YORKE, Callum Peter Brown appointed
director
2025-08-05
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officers · AP01
2025-08-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-17
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SMITH, David Alexander appointed
director
2025-07-17
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MURRAY, Alan George resigned
director
2025-04-21
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officers · TM01
2025-04-17
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CRAWFORD, John resigned
director
2024-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
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officers · AP01
2024-04-18
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INGLIS, Mark David appointed
director
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-16
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BULIK, Edward Jozef resigned
director
2022-10-31
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officers · AP01
2022-10-20
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MOORE, Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-09-23
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officers · TM01
2022-09-15
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MCGREGOR, Alan resigned
director
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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officers · AP01
2021-03-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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CAMERON, Lachlan Hugh resigned
director
2021-03-01
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MURRAY, Alan George appointed
director
2018-10-18
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MILLAR, Stuart John appointed
director
2018-10-18
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MAXWELL, Julie Anne resigned
director
2018-01-25
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CONNOLLY, Brian Thomas appointed
director
2017-12-21
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WELSH, John Mcwilliam resigned
director
2016-12-15
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CRAWFORD, John appointed
director
2015-08-20
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STOBIE, Lorraine Roslyn appointed
director
2015-08-20
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GUNNING, Allan appointed
director
2015-03-19
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STEWART, Donald Campbell resigned
director
2015-01-23
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WATSON, David John resigned
director
2014-05-15
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MAXWELL, Julie Anne appointed
director
2012-12-20
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BULIK, Edward Jozef appointed
director
2012-12-20
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DALTON, John Barclay resigned
director
2012-03-15
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DALTON, John Barclay appointed
director
2012-03-15
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YORKE, Callum Peter Brown resigned
director
2011-06-30
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MACDONALD, Roderick Alasdair Colkitto resigned
director
2010-11-18
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MACDONALD, Roderick Alasdair Colkitto appointed
director
2010-09-02
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YORKE, Callum Peter Brown appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 73 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: GUNNING, Allan resigned 2026-03-19; MOORE, Elizabeth resigned 2026-01-15; MURRAY, Alan George resigned 2025-07-17

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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

Incorporated2005-12-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Somerset Park

Tryfield Place

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA8 9NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22