KNOCKHILL MOTOR SPORTS CLUB

🌳Matureactive
SC366259 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-09-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees600600

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-04-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-30
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    FORREST, Ian resigned
    director
  15. 2016-09-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-11-05
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    BUTCHER, Derek appointed
    director
  18. 2009-11-05
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    HOBBS, Gemma appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-05
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-05
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    STAGG, Garry Duncan appointed
    director
  21. 2009-11-05
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    VINCENT, Duncan appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-05
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    FORREST, Ian appointed
    director
  23. 2009-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As KNOCKHILL MOTOR SPORTS CLUB
  24. 2009-09-29
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    SHEDDEN, Jillian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2009-09-29
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    GRAY, Stuart Ferguson appointed
    director
  26. 2009-09-29
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    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2009-09-29
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    JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jillian Shedden
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
—25–50%sig. influence25-50% voting · significant influence29/09/2016
Mr Stuart Ferguson Gray
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/01/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2009-09-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Knockhill Racing Circuit
By Dunfermline
KY12 9TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (7 active · 2 resigned)

SHEDDEN, Jillian→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
BUTCHER, Derek→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-05
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Active
GRAY, Stuart Ferguson→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
HOBBS, Gemma→
director · ~43y · appointed 2009-11-05
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Active
SHEDDEN, Gordon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-11-05
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Active
STAGG, Garry Duncan→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-11-05
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Active
VINCENT, Duncan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-11-05
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Active
JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2009-09-29 · resigned 2009-09-29
Resigned
FORREST, Ian→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-05 · resigned 2016-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-04-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-10