AIRTH HIGHLAND GATHERING (1999) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC199949 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-09-16
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-11-28📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-11-28📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-01➕GILLANDERS, Emma Jean appointedsecretary
- 2021-08-01➖TAIT, David James resignedsecretary
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2011-12-13➖DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef resignedsecretary
- 2011-12-13➕TAIT, David James appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-21➕GILLANDERS, Emma Jean appointeddirector
- 2007-11-21➖HALL, James resigneddirector
- 1999-09-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRTH HIGHLAND GATHERING (1999) LIMITED
- 1999-09-16➕DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef appointeddirector
- 1999-09-16➕DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-16➕HALL, James appointeddirector
- 1999-09-16➕FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-09-16➖FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Emma Gillanders Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David James Taitceased 01/08/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ACTION ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES LIMITED→ SC288644 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ACTIVE STIRLING LIMITED→ SC298585 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ARKEN CREATIVE LIMITED→ SC652886 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| CENTRAL INDOOR TENNIS CLUB LIMITED→ SC711765 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CLACKMANNANSHIRE HERITAGE TRUST→ SC112838 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| COMMON GROUND GAMES LIMITED→ SC431421 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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| COSY WEE TOURS LIMITED→ SC495953 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| CRAIG LEE 337 LTD→ SC335800 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| CSSS ADVENTURE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC839911 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CURRAN FITNESS LTD→ SC833993 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1999-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities
Registered office
Macfarlane Gray House Castlecraig Business Park
Springbank Road
Stirling
FK7 7WT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
GILLANDERS, Emma Jean→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1999-09-16
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GILLANDERS, Emma Jean→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2007-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2011-12-13
TAIT, David James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-12-13 · resigned 2021-08-01
HALL, James→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2007-11-21
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 1999-09-16
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Recent filings (78 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-28