LINKS GOLF TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC175888 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
75 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
80
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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees300100

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-06-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-03
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-02-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-02-23
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    RIGG, Aimee appointed
    director
  10. 2024-02-23
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    RIGG, Sam appointed
    director
  11. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2007-04-19
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    SEATON, Christine Muir resigned
    director
  20. 2007-04-18
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    GEMMELL, Violet Elizabeth Chapman appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    RIGG, Mark Robert resigned
    secretary
  22. 1997-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LINKS GOLF TRAVEL LIMITED
  23. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    RIGG, Mark Robert appointed
    director
  24. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    RIGG, Mark Robert appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-05-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    SEATON, Christine Muir appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RIGG, Aimee (same surname) appointed 2024-02-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Robert Rigg
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2017

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
Incorporated1997-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

7 Pilmour Links
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GEMMELL, Violet Elizabeth Chapman→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIGG, Aimee→
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIGG, Mark Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIGG, Sam→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIGG, Mark Robert→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-05-29
Resigned
SEATON, Christine Muir→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2007-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02