FORRES MECHANICS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC604370 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-08-03

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

29 officers (12 active, 29 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	2100	2100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-03-22
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officers · TM01
2026-03-20
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SCOTT, Craig resigned
director
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2024-10-07
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2024-07-11
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officers · TM01
2024-07-11
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2024-07-11
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2024-07-11
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officers · TM01
2024-07-10
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AIRD, Alexander Liddell resigned
director
2024-07-08
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MCCULLIE, Anthony Graham resigned
director
2024-07-07
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BLACK, Harry Craig resigned
director
2024-07-01
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FRASER, Derek resigned
director
2024-03-04
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officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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2024-02-27
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FRISKEN, Allan Ian appointed
director
2024-02-27
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SCOTT, Craig appointed
director
2023-12-19
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officers · AP01
2023-12-18
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CHRISTIE, Greg Alexander appointed
director
2023-12-10
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2023-12-04
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SUTHERLAND, Alexander Kemp appointed
director
2023-12-03
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2023-11-30
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WOOD, Ian Cameron resigned
director
2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2023-05-05
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officers · AP03
2023-05-05
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2023-04-26
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BROADHURST, Michael Anthony appointed
secretary
2023-04-26
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FRASER, Derek resigned
secretary
2023-02-08
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officers · AP01
2023-01-31
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MCCULLIE, Anthony Graham appointed
director
2022-11-15
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FRASER, Derek appointed
secretary
2022-11-15
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MACDONALD, Brenda resigned
director
2022-11-15
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MACDONALD, David resigned
director
2022-11-15
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officers · AP03
2022-11-15
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2022-11-15
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officers · TM02
2022-11-15
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2022-11-15
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officers · CH01
2022-10-13
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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CAMERON, Victor Alexander resigned
director
2022-04-15
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MACDONALD, David resigned
secretary
2022-02-01
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SCOTT, Malcolm John appointed
director
2022-01-05
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CAMERON, Victor Alexander appointed
director
2021-08-06
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BROADHURST, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2020-10-12
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ELLIS, John David resigned
director
2020-03-03
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BLACK, Harry Craig appointed
director
2020-03-03
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ELLIS, John David appointed
director
2020-02-18
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FRASER, Brian appointed
director
2020-02-18
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WOOD, Ian Cameron appointed
director
2019-12-03
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MACKINTOSH, David appointed
director
2019-12-03
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SCRIMGEOUR, Alistair appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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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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

Incorporated2018-08-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Mosset Park

Lea Road

Forres

IV36 1AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02