OUTDOOR INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION CIC

🌳Matureactive

SC366266 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-09-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

47 officers (14 active, 47 linked, 45 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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officers · AP01
2025-09-01
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PRIOR, Sonia appointed
director
2025-04-28
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officers · AP01
2025-04-23
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KRISTOW, Jamie appointed
director
2025-04-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-21
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officers · AP01
2025-03-19
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BLACK, John appointed
director
2025-03-03
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SPEAKMAN, Lucy Catherine resigned
director
2025-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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BRENNAN, Mark Simon resigned
director
2024-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-04
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LEEDHAM, Richard appointed
director
2024-03-04
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GOWAR, Matthew resigned
director
2024-02-02
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officers · TM01
2024-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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FINCH, Jose resigned
director
2023-08-08
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-13
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BIRRELL, Robert Ian appointed
director
2023-07-13
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NEWLANDS, Stephen John resigned
director
2023-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-27
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CZUBA, Carly Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-06-27
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BAGNALL, Lee Paul resigned
director
2023-06-14
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HALL, Ruth resigned
director
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-09
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BRENNAN, Mark Simon appointed
director
2022-09-09
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SPEAKMAN, Lucy Catherine appointed
director
2022-07-01
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DUNN, Hamish Michael resigned
director
2022-01-19
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MCNAMARA, James Edward appointed
director
2022-01-19
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BLACK, Joanne resigned
director
2020-03-16
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FERNANDO, Samantha Clare appointed
director
2020-02-11
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BRYSON, Jacqueline Ruth resigned
director
2020-02-10
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FINCH, Jose appointed
director
2020-02-07
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HALL, Ruth appointed
director
2019-07-01
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VOYSEY, Sabina Jayne appointed
director
2019-05-31
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LOUDEN, Robert Christopher resigned
director
2019-04-01
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NIEUWENHUYS, Greg resigned
director
2018-06-16
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LEEDHAM, Richard John resigned
director
2018-05-29
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BRIGHAM, Robert Ellis appointed
director
2018-05-29
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GILES, Nicholas Edward appointed
director
2018-05-29
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GOWAR, Matthew appointed
director

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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

-13 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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

Incorporated2009-09-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House

30 Queensferry Road

Edinburgh

EH4 2HS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-13

Last: 2025-09-29