RHET AYRSHIRE & ARRAN COUNTRYSIDE INITIATIVE

🌳Matureactive

SC264692 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-03-09

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 closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 55 → 85
· Opportunity score: 70 → 81
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 6 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 70 → 81
↑Hygiene score: 55 → 85
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

Picture improved over the last 90 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 70 → 81
↑Hygiene score: 55 → 85
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£17.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

36 officers (8 active, 36 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

132 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,808

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£17.8k	£15.5k
Current assets	£17.7k	£15.5k
Net assets	£17.8k	£15.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-31
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-29
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officers · TM01
2026-03-20
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LAMONT, William Fyfe resigned
director
2025-11-25
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accounts · AA
2025-11-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-28
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officers · AP03
2025-09-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-27
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officers · TM01
2025-09-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-05
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WATT, Elaine Mary appointed
secretary
2025-06-05
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WATT, Elaine Mary appointed
director
2025-06-05
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PIRIE, Alexander Clark resigned
secretary
2025-06-05
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BRYSON, Elaine Howison resigned
director
2025-06-05
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CALDWELL, Gregor William resigned
director
2025-03-13
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officers · TM01
2024-11-20
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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BREEN, Michelle resigned
director
2023-08-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-09
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address · AD02
2023-08-08
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-08
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-08-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-08
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officers · AP01
2023-07-17
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DEWART, Scott appointed
director
2023-07-17
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PIRIE, Alexander Clark appointed
director
2023-07-17
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BRYSON, Elaine Howison resigned
secretary
2023-07-17
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PIRIE, Alexander Clark appointed
secretary
2023-07-17
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BRYSON, James resigned
director
2023-07-17
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CALDWELL, Gregor William appointed
director
2023-07-17
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CURRIE, Colin Wallace resigned
director
2023-07-17
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CUTHBERTSON, Christine Murray resigned
director
2021-06-23
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CUTHBERTSON, Christine Murray resigned
secretary
2021-06-23
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BRYSON, Elaine Howison appointed
director
2021-06-23
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CURRIE, Colin Wallace appointed
director
2021-06-23
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CUTHBERTSON, Christine Murray appointed
director
2021-06-23
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GILLAN, Ian resigned
director
2021-04-23
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BRYSON, Elaine Howison appointed
secretary
2021-01-20
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HAY, Jan resigned
director
2019-07-03
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HENDERSON, David appointed
director
2019-07-03
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IRELAND, Jan appointed
director
2019-07-03
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GUTHRIE, Mungo resigned
director
2018-06-27
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BOYD, Robin Crawford resigned
director
2018-06-27
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BREEN, Michelle appointed
director
2018-06-27
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GOLDIE, Robina Alexandra Dunlop resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 87 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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
Mr Scott Dewart Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1991 · age 35	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	05/06/2025

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alexander Clark Pirieceased 05/06/2025· board control · trust interest · firm interest
Mrs Elaine Howison Brysonceased 17/07/2023· board control · trust interest · firm interest
Mrs Christine Murray Cuthbertsonceased 23/06/2021· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-03-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

17 George Young Drive

George Young Drive

Darvel

KA17 0LG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09