GOLF ACTIVITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC221138 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-11
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£45.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,479

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£45k
Current Assets
£124k
Current Liabilities
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£0£25k£50k£74k£99k£124kOct 2023Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-292023-10-31
Total assets£53.4k—
Current assets£124.1k—
Net assets£45.5k—
Average employees—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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-23
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  3. 2023-07-11
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  4. 2022-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-11-30
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    SCOTT, Catriona Marjory Annand appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-11-30
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    SCOTT, Catriona Marjory Annand appointed
    director
  18. 2001-11-30
    ➕
    SCOTT, Euan Colin Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2001-11-30
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    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-11-30
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    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2001-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As GOLF ACTIVITY LIMITED
  22. 2001-07-11
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-07-11
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Euan Colin Edward Scott
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—sig. influence75-100% shares · significant influence11/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

14 St Bernards Row
Edinburgh
EH4 1HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Catriona Marjory Annand→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-30
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Active
SCOTT, Catriona Marjory Annand→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-30
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Active
SCOTT, Euan Colin Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-11-30
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Active
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-11 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-11 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2025-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-26