BEST OF HIGHLAND GAME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC484440 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-15
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees400300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-02-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-02-01
    ➕
    VAN MEERBEECK, Eric appointed
    director
  15. 2018-02-01
    ➖
    RIDDELL, Lucinda resigned
    director
  16. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-07-31
    ➕
    RIDDELL, Lucinda appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    RYSAFFE SECRETARIES appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2015-01-01
    ➕
    VAN THILLO, Emmanuel appointed
    director
  21. 2015-01-01
    ➖
    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2015-01-01
    ➖
    HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2014-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEST OF HIGHLAND GAME LIMITED
  24. 2014-08-15
    ➕
    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2014-08-15
    ➕
    HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth 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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Emmanuel Van Thillo
Individual · Belgian · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Level 4,9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RYSAFFE SECRETARIES→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN MEERBEECK, Eric→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN THILLO, Emmanuel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-08-15 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned
HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-08-15 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned
RIDDELL, Lucinda→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-31 · resigned 2018-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19