STRATHEARN SPORT HORSES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC229906 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-05

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£17.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,586

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,001 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↓ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£108k

↓ 9.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£19.1k	£30.1k
Current assets	£108.0k	£119.6k
Net assets	£17.6k	£28.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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2019-09-27
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2017-04-06
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2017-04-06
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officers · CH03
2016-09-28
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2016-04-12
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2006-07-31
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HOULDEN, Alastair Duncan resigned
director
2002-04-05
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Company incorporated
As STRATHEARN SPORT HORSES LIMITED
2002-04-05
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HOULDEN, Sarah Anne Alexandra appointed
secretary
2002-04-05
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ENGLAND, Hazel Anne appointed
director
2002-04-05
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HOULDEN, Sarah Anne Alexandra appointed
director
2002-04-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-05
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HOULDEN, Alastair Duncan appointed
director
2002-04-05
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-05
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

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 81 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 24 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah Anne Houlden Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent

Perth

PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOULDEN, Sarah Anne Alexandra→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-05

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Active

ENGLAND, Hazel Anne→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-04-05

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Active

HOULDEN, Sarah Anne Alexandra→

director · ~51y · appointed 2002-04-05

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-05

Resigned

HOULDEN, Alastair Duncan→

director · ~52y · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2006-07-31

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-05

Resigned

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