AIRTH HIGHLAND GATHERING (1999) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC199949 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-09-16

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-07-31
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2024-07-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-28
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2022-11-28
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address · AD01
2022-11-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-28
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officers · TM02
2022-11-28
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officers · AP03
2022-04-28
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accounts · AA
2021-08-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-01
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GILLANDERS, Emma Jean appointed
secretary
2021-08-01
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TAIT, David James resigned
secretary
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2011-12-13
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DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef resigned
secretary
2011-12-13
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TAIT, David James appointed
secretary
2007-11-21
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GILLANDERS, Emma Jean appointed
director
2007-11-21
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HALL, James resigned
director
1999-09-16
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Company incorporated
As AIRTH HIGHLAND GATHERING (1999) LIMITED
1999-09-16
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DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef appointed
director
1999-09-16
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DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef appointed
secretary
1999-09-16
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HALL, James appointed
director
1999-09-16
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-16
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Mrs Emma Gillanders Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David James Taitceased 01/08/2021· significant influence

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1999-09-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Macfarlane Gray House Castlecraig Business Park

Springbank Road

Stirling

FK7 7WT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GILLANDERS, Emma Jean→

secretary · appointed 2021-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef→

director · ~67y · appointed 1999-09-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GILLANDERS, Emma Jean→

director · ~47y · appointed 2007-11-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DETTLAFF, Alexander Josef→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2011-12-13

Resigned

TAIT, David James→

secretary · appointed 2011-12-13 · resigned 2021-08-01

Resigned

HALL, James→

director · ~88y · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2007-11-21

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 1999-09-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-11-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-11-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-11-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-11-28

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-11-28

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-11-28

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-11-28