HEADS OF AYR FARM PARK (SCOTLAND) LTD

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SC471279 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,078,235
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,478 YoY
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£91k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£712k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£219k£438k£657k£876k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.25M£1.26M
Current assets£712.1k£669.6k
Cash£90.7k£85.4k
Debtors£586.3k£549.3k
Net assets£1.08M£1.09M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-06-08
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  4. 2023-04-17
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  5. 2022-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-11
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  8. 2021-05-11
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  9. 2021-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-15
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-02-10
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    RANKIN, Bennett Simpson appointed
    director
  14. 2018-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2016-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-01
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    RANKIN, Gregor Hunter appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-01
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    RANKIN, Maxwell Craig appointed
    director
  19. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2014-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As HEADS OF AYR FARM PARK (SCOTLAND) LTD
  21. 2014-02-28
    ➕
    RANKIN, Edna Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2014-02-28
    ➕
    RANKIN, John Craig appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Rankin Holdings Scotland Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rankin Holdings Scotland Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HEADS OF AYR FARM PARK (SCOTLAND) LTD
This company · SC471279

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rankin Holdings Scotland Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/01/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Craig Rankinceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Edna Margaret Rankinceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

Laigh Kyleston Farm
Ayr
KA7 4LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

RANKIN, Bennett Simpson→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-02-10
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Active
RANKIN, Edna Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-02-28
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Active
RANKIN, Gregor Hunter→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, John Craig→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, Maxwell Craig→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-04-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/06/2014—
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-11