ELITE FITNESS AYRSHIRE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC789748 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 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
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30

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
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-09
    MCLEAN, James Goudie resigned
    director
  5. 2025-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-07-26
    TRAINOR, Declan resigned
    director
  8. 2025-07-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-01-14
    TRAINOR, Declan appointed
    director
  12. 2025-01-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ELITE FITNESS AYRSHIRE LTD
  15. 2023-11-17
    DUNCAN, Robert Dylan appointed
    director
  16. 2023-11-17
    MCLEAN, James Goudie appointed
    director
  17. 2023-11-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCLEAN, James Goudie resigned 2026-03-09; TRAINOR, Declan resigned 2025-07-26

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Dylan Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/11/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Goudie Mcleanceased 09/03/2026· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

49 John Finnie Street
F7
Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire
KA1 1BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DUNCAN, Robert Dylan
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-11-17
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Active
MCLEAN, James Goudie
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-11-17 · resigned 2026-03-09
Resigned
TRAINOR, Declan
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-01-14 · resigned 2025-07-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-17