BURNTISLAND SAILING CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC510040 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-07-03

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (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

34 officers (11 active, 34 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-03	2024-07-03
Average employees	1300	1200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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officers · TM01
2025-11-18
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WILSON, Yvette resigned
director
2025-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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officers · TM01
2025-06-14
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MICHEAU, Christopher resigned
director
2025-04-02
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-03-20
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ARMOUR, Martin appointed
director
2025-03-20
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ROBERTSON, Alexander resigned
director
2025-03-20
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WILSON, Yvette appointed
director
2025-03-20
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WODAR, Albert resigned
director
2024-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-07
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-12-07
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officers · AP01
2022-12-06
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LAMB, Christopher appointed
secretary
2022-12-06
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HUGHSON, Hamish Andrew resigned
secretary
2022-12-06
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HUGHSON, Hamish Andrew resigned
director
2022-11-19
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officers · AP01
2022-11-19
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officers · AP01
2022-11-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
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HOLDSWORTH, David appointed
director
2022-11-15
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MICHEAU, Christopher appointed
director
2022-11-15
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ROBERTSON, Alexander appointed
director
2022-09-06
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DONAGHUE, Stephen resigned
director
2022-07-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-07-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-16
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HEADRICK, Alexander resigned
director
2021-12-07
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HUGHSON, Hamish Andrew appointed
secretary
2021-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-18
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BIRRELL, Martin resigned
secretary
2021-11-18
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BIRRELL, Martin resigned
director
2021-11-18
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HUGHSON, Hamish Andrew appointed
director
2021-01-21
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RAE, David Andrew appointed
director
2021-01-21
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ROBINSON, Steve appointed
director
2021-01-21
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BLAIR, David Grant resigned
director
2021-01-21
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WODAR, Albert appointed
director
2020-10-12
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CAMERON, William resigned
director
2020-08-06
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ARCHIBALD, William resigned
director
2019-11-21
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ARCHIBALD, William appointed
director
2019-04-02
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GRAVES, Gary resigned
director
2018-11-22
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HENDERSON, Scott appointed
director
2018-10-24
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STENHOUSE, Andrew resigned
director
2017-11-23
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LAMB, Christopher appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 79 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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: MICHEAU, Christopher resigned 2025-06-14; WILSON, Yvette resigned 2025-11-18

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2015-07-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Bsc Clubhouse East Dock

Burntisland Harbour

Burntisland

Fife

KY3 9DQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last made up to: 2025-07-03

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07