BIGHEARTED SCOTLAND

🌳Matureactive

SC390449 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-12-16

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

44 officers (7 active, 44 linked, 41 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (101 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
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FLYNN, Andrew appointed
director
2025-09-16
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officers · AP01
2025-07-22
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officers · AP01
2025-07-22
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officers · TM01
2025-07-14
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ROSE, Jason appointed
director
2025-07-14
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ELLIOT, Robert Ian resigned
director
2024-11-26
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officers · TM01
2024-11-21
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BREEZE, Sheena Patricia Mary resigned
director
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-26
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MCCONNON, Abbey resigned
director
2023-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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BROWN, Caitlin appointed
director
2023-09-07
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CAMPBELL, Jennifer resigned
director
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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MCCREADIE, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-08-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-07
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FRIEL, Robyn Ann resigned
director
2021-03-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-11
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DONALD, Linzi appointed
director
2020-10-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-19
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ROE, Deborah appointed
director
2020-10-19
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CARR, Chantal Louise resigned
director
2020-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-08
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DENISON, Barbara Anne resigned
director
2019-09-10
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MCCONNON, Abbey appointed
director
2019-06-27
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DENISON, Barbara Anne appointed
director
2019-06-27
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MACMILLAN, Alison Joyce resigned
director
2018-12-13
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ELLIOT, Robert Ian appointed
director
2018-11-30
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MCKENZIE, Christina Elizabeth resigned
director
2018-09-13
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HUYTON, Harry resigned
director
2018-09-13
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MATHIESON, Ian Alister Shepherd resigned
director
2018-02-01
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CAMPBELL, Jennifer appointed
director
2018-02-01
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CARR, Chantal Louise appointed
director
2018-02-01
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DONALD, Richard Strugnell resigned
director
2018-02-01
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GRAHAM, Kirsten Dianne resigned
director
2018-02-01
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MACMILLAN, Alison Joyce appointed
director
2017-12-11
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UPTON, Benjamin Robert resigned
director
2017-09-14
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MATHIESON, Ian Alister Shepherd appointed
director
2017-09-14
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STEWART, Andrew Frederic resigned
director
2016-11-18
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UPTON, Benjamin Robert appointed
director
2016-11-11
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NORMAN, Susan Marie resigned
director
2016-04-22
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GRAHAM, Kirsten Dianne appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 101 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-12-16

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange

19a Canning Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8HE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16