HIGHLAND GLIDING CLUB LIMITED

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SC155807 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-02-07

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 31.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£218.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

41 officers (10 active, 41 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

152 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £218,241

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£218k

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£39k

↑ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£359.7k	£279.6k
Current assets	£38.7k	£26.1k
Net assets	£218.2k	£202.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (95 events)Click to expand

2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-15
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DUMPLETON, Ella, Dr appointed
director
2025-03-15
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BORLAND, Ross resigned
director
2025-03-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-07
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CONTI, Colin Andrew appointed
director
2024-04-07
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MORGAN, Adrian resigned
director
2023-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-01
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark resigned
director
2023-03-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-23
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DOUGLAS, Robert Ian appointed
secretary
2023-03-23
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MAINSTONE, Julian John appointed
director
2023-03-23
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TAIT, Ian James appointed
director
2023-03-23
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark resigned
secretary
2023-03-23
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ANDERSON, Andrew James Malcolm resigned
director
2023-01-20
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2023-01-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-19
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BORLAND, Ross appointed
director
2022-03-19
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BURGESS, Anne Margaret resigned
director
2021-11-14
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MOUNTAIN, Anthony Richard appointed
director
2021-05-31
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DOUGLAS, Robert Ian appointed
director
2021-05-31
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CAMPBELL, John resigned
director
2021-05-30
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HAUSLER, Antonia Rose appointed
director
2020-09-17
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CHALMERS, Geddes Anderson resigned
director
2020-09-17
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LAITY, Michael Gerard resigned
director
2020-09-17
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MORGAN, Adrian appointed
director
2016-08-12
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KNIGHT, Martin John resigned
director
2015-03-15
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CAMPBELL, John appointed
director
2015-03-15
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CHALMERS, Helen Barbara resigned
director
2012-03-18
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CHALMERS, Helen Barbara resigned
secretary
2012-03-18
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark appointed
secretary
2012-03-18
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GORDON, Bruce Louden Clark appointed
director
2011-03-20
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LAITY, Michael Gerard appointed
director
2011-03-20
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NORTON, Mark William, Safety Officer resigned
director
2011-01-01
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GEORGE, Glenda Ann resigned
director
2010-04-03
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ANDERSON, Andrew James Malcolm appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 95 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1995-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cherrylea

Balnageith

Forres

Moray

IV36 2SX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07