SUTHERLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC226780 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-01-08

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£231.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

43 officers (15 active, 43 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £231,206

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,617 YoY

Cash YoY

+37%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£78k

↑ 37% YoY

Net Worth

£231k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£86k

↑ 1.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£231.2k	£232.8k
Current assets	£85.8k	£84.7k
Cash	£78.3k	£57.1k
Debtors	£7.5k	£27.6k
Net assets	£231.2k	£232.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (93 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2026-03-04
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2026-03-04
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officers · AP01
2025-11-17
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officers · TM01
2025-11-17
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officers · TM01
2025-10-30
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accounts · AA
2025-10-15
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HAY, Marie Miller appointed
director
2025-10-15
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MCHARDY, Shirley Katherine appointed
director
2025-05-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-05
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officers · AP03
2025-05-05
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officers · TM02
2025-05-05
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2025-04-30
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CAMERON, Claire Louise appointed
secretary
2025-02-13
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officers · CH01
2025-02-13
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officers · CH01
2024-10-16
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BURNETT, Graham Rodger resigned
director
2024-10-16
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JOHNSTONE, Graham Allan resigned
director
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-06-04
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officers · CH03
2024-04-30
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MOWAT, Sarah Jane resigned
secretary
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2023-10-20
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2023-10-20
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2023-10-08
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HAY, Marie Miller resigned
director
2022-12-07
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address · AD01
2022-11-16
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officers · AP01
2022-11-16
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officers · AP03
2022-11-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-09
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HAY, Marie Miller resigned
secretary
2022-11-09
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MOWAT, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2022-11-09
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HAY, Marie Miller appointed
director
2022-10-05
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GILCHRIST, Caroline Jane appointed
director
2022-10-05
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MUNRO, David Hugh resigned
director
2022-08-15
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MACKENZIE, Ruairidh Duncan resigned
director
2018-05-09
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BLACK, James resigned
director
2017-10-04
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BURNETT, Graham Rodger appointed
director
2017-10-04
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PIRIE, Christina Janet resigned
director
2017-10-04
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PIRIE, George James Munro resigned
director
2016-10-19
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BAGSHAW, Victoria Catherine appointed
director
2016-10-19
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MACKAY, Alexander David appointed
director
2016-10-19
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MUIR, Ian Alexander appointed
director
2016-10-19
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SINCLAIR, Brian George resigned
director
2016-10-19
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SINCLAIR, Rhoda Mackay resigned
director
2015-10-07
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PIRIE, Christina Janet appointed
director
2015-10-07
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PIRIE, George James Munro appointed
director
2014-10-15
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MUNRO, David Hugh appointed
director
2014-10-15
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TAYLOR, Morven Moffat resigned
director
2013-10-02
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MACKAY, Tommy resigned
director
2013-10-02
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MURRAY, Angus Patrick resigned
director
2013-01-23
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HAY, Marie Miller appointed
secretary

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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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Claire Louise Cameron Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1986 · age 40	—	—	board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest	30/04/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Miss Sarah Jane Mowatceased 30/10/2024· significant influence · firm interest
Mrs Marie Miller Hayceased 08/10/2023· significant influence · firm interest

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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2002-01-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 8 Mackay & Co Ca

Golspie Business Park

Golspie

KW10 6UB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08