ACTION ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC288644 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees300400

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-31
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  3. 2023-11-06
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  4. 2023-02-01
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  5. 2022-03-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-03-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2022-03-30
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  8. 2021-07-16
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  9. 2020-03-21
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  10. 2018-12-18
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  11. 2017-10-28
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  12. 2017-10-27
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  13. 2017-10-24
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  14. 2016-11-19
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  15. 2016-11-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2013-09-24
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    MASTERTON, Derek resigned
    director
  17. 2013-09-24
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    MASTERTON, Grant resigned
    director
  18. 2006-01-01
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    MASTERTON, Ross Mcdonald appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-12-20
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    MASTERTON, Derek resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-03
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    MASTERTON, Derek appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-03
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    MASTERTON, Grant appointed
    director
  22. 2005-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES LIMITED
  23. 2005-08-09
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    MASTERTON, Ross Mcdonald appointed
    director
  24. 2005-08-09
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    MASTERTON, Derek appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-08-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-08-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Mcdonald Masterton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/09/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Easterhill Farm
Gartmore
Stirlingshire
FK8 3SA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MASTERTON, Ross Mcdonald→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASTERTON, Ross Mcdonald→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASTERTON, Derek→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2005-12-20
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2005-08-09
Resigned
MASTERTON, Derek→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2013-09-24
Resigned
MASTERTON, Grant→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2013-09-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-31
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-17