THE SOUTH WEST OF SCOTLAND HORSE DRIVING CLUB LIMITED

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SC176082 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-06-03

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£9.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,389

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£9.4k	£7.1k
Current assets	£8.4k	£6.0k
Net assets	£9.4k	£7.1k

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-04-04
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2025-08-02
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2025-07-28
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CHALMERS, Morag resigned
director
2025-05-31
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accounts · AA
2024-06-04
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2023-02-26
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2022-02-12
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2022-02-12
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2022-02-06
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FINDLAY, Marie appointed
director
2021-06-14
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CHALMERS, Morag appointed
director
2021-06-14
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MCKENDRICK, Iain Daniel resigned
director
2021-06-14
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2021-06-14
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officers · TM01
2021-06-14
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2020-04-08
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2020-03-30
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DUNLOP, William Craig resigned
director
2020-03-14
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2019-06-11
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2018-04-14
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2018-02-11
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2018-02-11
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officers · AP01
2018-02-11
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2018-02-10
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DOUGLAS, Andrew John appointed
director
2018-02-10
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FINLAY, Debra Jeanette resigned
director
2018-02-10
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MCKENDRICK, Iain Daniel appointed
director
2017-09-14
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GILLAN, Hugh resigned
director
2013-09-01
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FINLAY, Debra Jeanette appointed
director
2013-02-01
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CHALMERS, David Kenneth appointed
director
2012-09-30
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DOUGLAS, Andrew John resigned
director
2003-10-30
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KIRK, Zan resigned
director
1999-10-27
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DOUGLAS, Andrew John appointed
director
1999-10-27
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KIRK, Zan appointed
director
1999-09-30
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DOUGLAS, Pauline resigned
director
1998-12-31
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RODAN, Catherine Ferguson Wilson resigned
director
1997-06-03
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Company incorporated
As THE SOUTH WEST OF SCOTLAND HORSE DRIVING CLUB LIMITED
1997-06-03
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GILLAN, Patricia Agnes Henrietta appointed
secretary
1997-06-03
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BLACK, Carol appointed
director
1997-06-03
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GILLAN, Patricia Agnes Henrietta appointed
director
1997-06-03
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PATERSON, Lyndsey Sharon appointed
director
1997-06-03
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-03
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-03
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DOUGLAS, Pauline appointed
director
1997-06-03
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DUNLOP, William Craig appointed
director
1997-06-03
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GILLAN, Hugh appointed
director
1997-06-03
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RODAN, Catherine Ferguson Wilson appointed
director
1997-06-03
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-06-03
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Carol Black Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	01/10/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-06-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Mossburn

Wigtown

Newton Stewart

DG8 9TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-17

Last: 2025-06-03