JAZZ UP THE TROSSACHS LIMITED

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SC429185 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2012-07-27
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.
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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200100

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-27
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  3. 2023-08-29
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  4. 2023-08-16
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    MCADAM, Malcolm appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-04-11
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  7. 2021-03-09
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  8. 2020-10-01
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  9. 2019-09-25
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  10. 2019-07-30
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  11. 2019-07-30
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  12. 2019-01-12
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  13. 2019-01-07
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    OLIPHANT, Graham Norman resigned
    director
  14. 2018-09-21
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  15. 2017-09-26
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  16. 2016-09-28
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  17. 2015-09-24
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  18. 2012-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As JAZZ UP THE TROSSACHS LIMITED
  19. 2012-07-27
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    MARTIN, John Cameron David appointed
    director
  20. 2012-07-27
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    OLIPHANT, Graham Norman appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Incorporated2012-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Poppies House
Leny Road
Callander
FK17 8AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MARTIN, John Cameron David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-07-27
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Active
MCADAM, Malcolm→
director · ~78y · appointed 2023-08-16
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Active
OLIPHANT, Graham Norman→
director · ~83y · appointed 2012-07-27 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-30