GOLFING SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC170919 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-31
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    DALY, Robert Paul resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-05
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    GRAY, Benjamin John Howard appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-04-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-10-30
    ➕
    THOMSON, David Howard Eric appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-21
    ➕
    DALY, Robert Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2013-08-20
    ➖
    VAN DER KUYL, Christiaan Richard David resigned
    director
  21. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    VAN DER KUYL, Christiaan Richard David appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-11
    ➖
    SANDERSON, Peter Cockburn resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-10-11
    ➖
    HUNTER, David William resigned
    director
  24. 2007-03-21
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Peter Cockburn appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-09-30
    ➖
    DEWAR, Liz Mackay resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-12-07
    ➖
    ANDERSON, William resigned
    director
  27. 2004-12-07
    ➕
    HUNTER, David William appointed
    director
  28. 2004-06-28
    ➕
    DEWAR, Liz Mackay appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-06-16
    ➖
    CUSSONS, Chris Loughlin resigned
    secretary
  30. 2004-06-16
    ➖
    LAFFERTY, Trevor Martin resigned
    director
  31. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    CUSSONS, Chris Loughlin appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-01-30
    ➖
    MACLEOD, David resigned
    secretary
  33. 2002-01-30
    ➖
    HILLS, Kenneth Cumming resigned
    director
  34. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    LAFFERTY, Trevor Martin appointed
    director
  35. 1999-08-31
    ➕
    HILLS, Kenneth Cumming appointed
    director
  36. 1999-06-21
    ➖
    HUNTER, David William resigned
    director
  37. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    MACLEOD, David appointed
    secretary
  38. 1997-02-28
    ➖
    DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    ANDERSON, William appointed
    director
  40. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    HUNTER, David William appointed
    director
  41. 1997-02-28
    ➖
    DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  42. 1996-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As GOLFING SCOTLAND LIMITED
  43. 1996-12-27
    ➕
    DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  44. 1996-12-27
    ➕
    DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

D.C. Thomson & Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GOLFING SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC170919

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Brightsolid Online Technology Limitedceased 31/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Gateway House
Luna Place, Dundee Technology
Park, Dundee
Tayside
DD2 1TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

GRAY, Benjamin John Howard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, David Howard Eric→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUSSONS, Chris Loughlin→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-30 · resigned 2004-06-16
Resigned
DEWAR, Liz Mackay→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-28 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned
MACLEOD, David→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 2002-01-30
Resigned
SANDERSON, Peter Cockburn→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-21 · resigned 2008-04-11
Resigned
DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-27 · resigned 1997-02-28
Resigned
ANDERSON, William→
director · ~92y · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 2004-12-07
Resigned
DALY, Robert Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-10-21 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
HILLS, Kenneth Cumming→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-08-31 · resigned 2002-01-30
Resigned
HUNTER, David William→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2007-10-11
Resigned
HUNTER, David William→
director · ~81y · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 1999-06-21
Resigned
LAFFERTY, Trevor Martin→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-01-30 · resigned 2004-06-16
Resigned
VAN DER KUYL, Christiaan Richard David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2013-08-20
Resigned
DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-27 · resigned 1997-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-02