THE CAMANACHD ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive
SC284954 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-05-18
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50 officers (8 active, 50 linked, 44 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
149 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees9001000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (114 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-03-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-29
    MARTIN, William Barry appointed
    director
  8. 2024-11-29
    BRADLEY, Lyndsay resigned
    director
  9. 2024-11-29
    CLARK, Alan Douglas resigned
    director
  10. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-07-25
    KEIR, Derek James resigned
    secretary
  12. 2024-07-25
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2023-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-12-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2023-12-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2023-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2023-11-24
    MACDIARMID, Graeme appointed
    director
  20. 2023-11-24
    MACDONALD, Willie appointed
    director
  21. 2023-11-24
    THAIN, Kevin appointed
    director
  22. 2023-11-24
    DEANS, Kirsty resigned
    director
  23. 2023-11-24
    MACKENZIE, Steven Charles resigned
    director
  24. 2023-11-24
    PALOMBO, Daniel Robert resigned
    director
  25. 2023-10-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2023-07-26
    MACKINNON, Alister appointed
    director
  28. 2023-06-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2023-05-31
    CLARK, Alan Douglas appointed
    director
  30. 2023-05-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  31. 2023-01-25
    FINLAYSON, John Duncan resigned
    director
  32. 2022-12-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  33. 2022-12-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  34. 2022-11-25
    MACRITCHIE, John appointed
    director
  35. 2022-11-25
    MACDONALD, William resigned
    director
  36. 2022-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  37. 2021-10-20
    BROWN, Ross resigned
    director
  38. 2020-11-27
    LOADES, Keith Reginald resigned
    director
  39. 2020-11-27
    PALOMBO, Daniel Robert appointed
    director
  40. 2020-05-28
    DEANS, Kirsty appointed
    director
  41. 2019-11-29
    MCCUISH, Roderick William, Councillor appointed
    director
  42. 2019-11-29
    KEIR, Derek James appointed
    secretary
  43. 2019-11-29
    PALOMBO, Daniel Robert resigned
    secretary
  44. 2019-11-29
    BROWN, Ross appointed
    director
  45. 2019-11-29
    CHAMBERLAIN, Wendy Anne resigned
    director
  46. 2019-11-29
    PALOMBO, Daniel Robert resigned
    director
  47. 2019-05-29
    MORRISON, Burton Mackenzie appointed
    director
  48. 2019-01-24
    CAMERON, Colin Sinclair resigned
    director
  49. 2018-11-30
    MACVICAR, Angus Smith resigned
    director
  50. 2018-01-31
    BRADLEY, Lyndsay appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 114 events

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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-limited-exemption
Incorporated2005-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Bught Park Pavilion
Bught Park
Inverness
IV3 5SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (8 active · 42 resigned)

MACDIARMID, Graeme
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-11-24
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Active
MACDONALD, Willie
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-11-24
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Active
MACKINNON, Alister
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-07-26
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Active
MACRITCHIE, John
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-11-25
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Active
MARTIN, William Barry
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-01-29
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Active
MCCUISH, Roderick William, Councillor
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-11-29
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Active
MORRISON, Burton Mackenzie
director · ~75y · appointed 2019-05-29
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Active
THAIN, Kevin
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-11-24
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Active
D'ARCY, Graham Martin
secretary · appointed 2005-05-18 · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
KEIR, Derek James
secretary · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2024-07-25
Resigned
MACLEOD, Torquil
secretary · appointed 2010-10-28 · resigned 2016-11-25
Resigned
PALOMBO, Daniel Robert
secretary · appointed 2016-11-25 · resigned 2019-11-29
Resigned
TULLOCH, Richard Ian
secretary · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2006-06-27
Resigned
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-14 · resigned 2010-10-28
Resigned
BARR, James Napier
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-06-05 · resigned 2017-11-24
Resigned
BRADLEY, Lyndsay
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-01-31 · resigned 2024-11-29
Resigned
BROWN, Ross
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2021-10-20
Resigned
CAMERON, Colin Sinclair
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-03-29 · resigned 2019-01-24
Resigned
CAMERON, Duncan Farquhar
director · ~86y · appointed 2008-04-25 · resigned 2011-05-02
Resigned
CHAMBERLAIN, Wendy Anne
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-07-26 · resigned 2019-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (149 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-04