HIGHLAND GLIDING CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC155807 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-02-07

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 31.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£218.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

41 officers (10 active, 41 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

152 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £218,241

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£218k

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£39k

↑ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£359.7k	£279.6k
Current assets	£38.7k	£26.1k
Net assets	£218.2k	£202.5k

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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (95 events)Click to expand

2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-15
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DUMPLETON, Ella, Dr appointed
director
2025-03-15
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BORLAND, Ross resigned
director
2025-03-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-07
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CONTI, Colin Andrew appointed
director
2024-04-07
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MORGAN, Adrian resigned
director
2023-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-01
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark resigned
director
2023-03-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-23
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DOUGLAS, Robert Ian appointed
secretary
2023-03-23
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MAINSTONE, Julian John appointed
director
2023-03-23
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TAIT, Ian James appointed
director
2023-03-23
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark resigned
secretary
2023-03-23
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ANDERSON, Andrew James Malcolm resigned
director
2023-01-20
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2023-01-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-19
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BORLAND, Ross appointed
director
2022-03-19
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BURGESS, Anne Margaret resigned
director
2021-11-14
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MOUNTAIN, Anthony Richard appointed
director
2021-05-31
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DOUGLAS, Robert Ian appointed
director
2021-05-31
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CAMPBELL, John resigned
director
2021-05-30
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HAUSLER, Antonia Rose appointed
director
2020-09-17
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CHALMERS, Geddes Anderson resigned
director
2020-09-17
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LAITY, Michael Gerard resigned
director
2020-09-17
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MORGAN, Adrian appointed
director
2016-08-12
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KNIGHT, Martin John resigned
director
2015-03-15
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CAMPBELL, John appointed
director
2015-03-15
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CHALMERS, Helen Barbara resigned
director
2012-03-18
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CHALMERS, Helen Barbara resigned
secretary
2012-03-18
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark appointed
secretary
2012-03-18
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark appointed
director
2011-03-20
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LAITY, Michael Gerard appointed
director
2011-03-20
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NORTON, Mark William, Safety Officer resigned
director
2011-01-01
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GEORGE, Glenda Ann resigned
director
2010-04-03
➕
ANDERSON, Andrew James Malcolm appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 95 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1995-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cherrylea

Balnageith

Forres

Moray

IV36 2SX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07