FORTHILL SC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC500051 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	7	700

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
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BETT, Douglas John appointed
director
2021-05-12
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officers · AP01
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
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MILLER, Ewan Kenneth resigned
director
2020-03-16
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officers · TM01
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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mortgage · MR01
2018-03-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-03-14
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STEVENS, Iain Martin resigned
director
2018-03-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-03-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-03-07
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WATSON, Ryan Robert appointed
director
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2015-03-10
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Company incorporated
As FORTHILL SC LIMITED
2015-03-10
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MCLELLAND, Graham appointed
director
2015-03-10
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MILLER, Ewan Kenneth appointed
director
2015-03-10
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STEVENS, Iain Martin appointed
director

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

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

Forthill Community Sports Club is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Forthill Community Sports Club

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FORTHILL SC LIMITED

This company · SC500051

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Forthill Community Sports Club Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/03/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 1NB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BETT, Douglas John→

director · ~50y · appointed 2021-05-12

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Active

MCLELLAND, Graham→

director · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-10

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Active

WATSON, Ryan Robert→

director · ~50y · appointed 2018-03-07

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Active

MILLER, Ewan Kenneth→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2020-03-16

Resigned

STEVENS, Iain Martin→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2018-03-14

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	22/03/2018	—

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