BLAIRGOWRIE COMMUNITY PROJECT

🌳Matureactive

SC190554 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-10-23

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£0	£0
Net assets	£0	£0

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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officers · TM01
2025-12-01
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RATHBAND, Kenneth William, Revd resigned
director
2025-07-30
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2024-07-21
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2023-07-30
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2022-07-31
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2021-07-31
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2020-07-30
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2019-07-30
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2018-07-30
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2017-07-30
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accounts · AA
2016-07-30
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2015-11-05
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-27
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accounts · AA
2014-10-23
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2014-07-31
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accounts · AA
2010-10-30
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LABURN, Jean appointed
director
2010-09-29
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ELLIS, Robert Scott resigned
director
2010-03-01
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COLES, Roy Walter Mcintosh resigned
secretary
2009-10-31
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WHITEFORD, Susan appointed
secretary
2006-07-01
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BOWMAN, Anna appointed
director
2006-06-30
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WHITEFORD, Susan Margaret resigned
director
2003-06-04
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LINDSAY, Andrea Clark appointed
director
2003-06-04
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GIBLEY, David Anthony Collis, Lieutenant Colonel resigned
director
1998-10-23
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Company incorporated
As BLAIRGOWRIE COMMUNITY PROJECT
1998-10-23
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COLES, Roy Walter Mcintosh appointed
secretary
1998-10-23
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ELLIS, Robert Scott appointed
director
1998-10-23
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GIBLEY, David Anthony Collis, Lieutenant Colonel appointed
director
1998-10-23
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RATHBAND, Kenneth William, Revd appointed
director
1998-10-23
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WHITEFORD, Susan Margaret appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Ms Susan Margaret Whiteford Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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THE ARDNAMURCHAN TRUST→ SC202981 · est 2000	—	—	—	2	26y	82	66y
CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN TRUST LTD.→ SC032229 · est 1957	—	—	£4.2k	—	68y	81	79y
CLAN DONNACHAIDH SOCIETY→ SC267317 · est 2004	—	—	—	100	21y	81	88y
CRIEFF HIGHLAND GATHERING LIMITED→ SC018654 · est 1935	—	—	£113.9k	—	90y	81	74y
FEIS GLEANN ALBAINN→ SC325521 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	81	81y
FINGASK FOLLIES→ SC366264 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	81	87y
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THE LUXURY FITNESS GROUP LTD→ SC465504 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1998-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Rosemount Park

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH10 6TZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WHITEFORD, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2009-10-31

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Active

BOWMAN, Anna→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-07-01

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Active

LABURN, Jean→

director · ~81y · appointed 2010-10-30

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Active

LINDSAY, Andrea Clark→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-06-04

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Active

COLES, Roy Walter Mcintosh→

secretary · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2010-03-01

Resigned

ELLIS, Robert Scott→

director · ~77y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2010-09-29

Resigned

GIBLEY, David Anthony Collis, Lieutenant Colonel→

director · ~86y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2003-06-04

Resigned

RATHBAND, Kenneth William, Revd→

director · ~66y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2025-12-01

Resigned

WHITEFORD, Susan Margaret→

director · ~75y · appointed 1998-10-23 · resigned 2006-06-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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officers · TM01

2025-12-09

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-10