OCR AYRSHIRE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC682256 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-02-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs OCR AYRSHIRE LTD
- 2020-11-27➕HOGARTH, Gavin John appointeddirector
- 2020-11-27➕HOGARTH, Laura appointeddirector
- 2020-11-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gavin John Hogarth Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/11/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Laura Hogarthceased 15/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| JIM WILMER EQUESTRIAN LTD→ SC534333 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| LENDALFOOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED→ SC289259 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| LINKS UNSEEN LIMITED→ SC878133 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LUCKY HAGGIS COMPETITION'S LTD→ SC858089 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| M & L ENTERPRISES SCOTLAND LTD→ SC572799 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| MCCULLOCH ATA LIMITED→ SC472644 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| MILLBRAE LIMITED→ SC720062 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-11-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities
Registered office
Wheatrig Farm
Kilmaurs
Kilmarnock
KA3 2NG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOGARTH, Gavin John→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOGARTH, Laura→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-11-27
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17