SOUTH OF SCOTLAND ICE RINK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC043163 · ltd · incorporated 1966-02-25
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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year to Jul 2025
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
45 officers (6 active, 45 linked, 38 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
152 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-04-24
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  3. 2024-04-24
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  4. 2023-04-20
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  6. 2023-02-10
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  7. 2023-02-10
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  8. 2023-02-09
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    BROATCH, Robert Fleming appointed
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  9. 2023-02-09
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    STEVENSON, Alistair James resigned
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  10. 2023-01-13
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  13. 2022-08-16
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    IMRIE, Linda Margaret appointed
    director
  14. 2022-08-16
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    IMRIE, Linda Margaret resigned
    director
  15. 2022-08-16
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    OWEN, Gareth James resigned
    director
  16. 2022-08-16
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    TAYLOR, Margaret resigned
    director
  17. 2022-04-21
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  18. 2022-01-17
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  19. 2021-12-08
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    GIBB, Charles resigned
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  20. 2021-04-27
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  21. 2020-03-10
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  22. 2019-01-09
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  23. 2018-05-01
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    DAVIDSON, Irving resigned
    director
  24. 2017-12-18
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    OWEN, Gareth James appointed
    director
  25. 2017-08-17
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    HAMILTON, Scott resigned
    director
  26. 2017-03-27
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    STRAWHORN, James William resigned
    director
  27. 2016-01-25
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    HAMILTON, Scott appointed
    director
  28. 2015-07-21
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    FERRIE, Gordon Gilfillan resigned
    director
  29. 2015-05-18
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    STEVENSON, Alistair James resigned
    director
  30. 2014-12-22
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    SMITH, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2014-12-22
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    IMRIE, Linda Margaret appointed
    director
  32. 2014-03-10
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    MURDOCH, Matthew Mcivor resigned
    director
  33. 2014-01-27
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    MANSON, Frank Nicol resigned
    director
  34. 2013-12-16
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    DAVIDSON, Irving appointed
    director
  35. 2013-01-28
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    DAVIDSON, Craig James resigned
    director
  36. 2012-12-10
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    FERRIE, Gordon Gilfillan appointed
    director
  37. 2012-12-10
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    WOODS, Margot Dobie resigned
    director
  38. 2010-12-13
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    MILLIGAN, George Forsyth appointed
    director
  39. 2010-12-13
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    DAVIDSON, Craig James appointed
    director
  40. 2010-12-13
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    MACGREGOR, James Gordon resigned
    director
  41. 2010-12-13
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    TAYLOR, Margaret appointed
    director
  42. 2010-12-13
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    TUDDENHAM, Allan Elliot resigned
    director
  43. 2010-01-25
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    MURDOCH, Matthew Mcivor resigned
    secretary
  44. 2010-01-25
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    STEVENSON, Alistair James appointed
    secretary
  45. 2009-12-21
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    HIND, Grace resigned
    director
  46. 2009-12-21
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    STRAWHORN, James William appointed
    director
  47. 2008-12-22
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    DAVIDSON, Craig James resigned
    director
  48. 2008-12-22
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    MANSON, Frank Nicol appointed
    director
  49. 2007-12-17
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    DAVIDSON, Colin Edward Dunlop resigned
    director
  50. 2007-08-27
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    BASS, Nicholas Richard Tyrrell resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

65/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 60 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1966-02-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

14 Glasgow Road
Lockerbie
Dumfries & Galloway
DG11 2AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (6 active · 39 resigned)

BROATCH, Robert Fleming→
secretary · appointed 2023-02-09
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Active
BROATCH, Robert Fleming→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-12-18
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Active
IMRIE, Linda Margaret→
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-08-16
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Active
MILLIGAN, George Forsyth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-12-13
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Active
SMITH, Richard Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-12-22
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Active
STEVENSON, Michael George→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-12-19
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Active
EASSON, James→
secretary · resigned 1989-12-18
Resigned
MURDOCH, Matthew Mcivor→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-25 · resigned 2010-01-25
Resigned
POUND, Vivienne Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 1989-12-18 · resigned 1999-07-26
Resigned
SMITH, Elizabeth Elliot→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-26 · resigned 2002-02-25
Resigned
STEVENSON, Alistair James→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-25 · resigned 2023-02-09
Resigned
BASS, Nicholas Richard Tyrrell→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-12-17 · resigned 2007-08-27
Resigned
BROATCH, Janet Marjorie→
director · ~109y · resigned 1995-12-18
Resigned
BYERS, James Douglas→
director · ~78y · resigned 1999-12-20
Resigned
CARLYLE, Walter→
director · ~112y · resigned 1993-12-20
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Colin Edward Dunlop→
director · ~85y · appointed 1997-12-15 · resigned 2007-12-17
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Craig James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-12-13 · resigned 2013-01-28
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Craig James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-01-25 · resigned 2008-12-22
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Irving→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2018-05-01
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Irving Finley→
director · ~74y · appointed 1992-12-21 · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (152 total)

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