ST. ANDREWS GOLF SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC201831 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-25
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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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1999-12-10
    ➕
    HENRETTY, Michael William Francis appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-12-10
    ➕
    HENRETTY, Marian Pius appointed
    director
  18. 1999-12-10
    ➕
    HENRETTY, Michael William Francis appointed
    director
  19. 1999-12-10
    ➖
    PAGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1999-12-10
    ➖
    CLARKE, John Bernard resigned
    director
  21. 1999-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ST. ANDREWS GOLF SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    PAGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    CLARKE, John Bernard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael William Francis Henretty
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Killearn 21 Hepburn Gardens
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HENRETTY, Michael William Francis→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-10
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Active
HENRETTY, Marian Pius→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-12-10
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Active
HENRETTY, Michael William Francis→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 1999-12-10
Resigned
CLARKE, John Bernard→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 1999-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26