ARCHERFIELD & FIDRA GOLF COURSES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC260327 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
29 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-22
    ➖
    GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon resigned
    secretary
  8. 2021-07-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-02-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-24
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-24
    ➖
    LAING, Thomas Fleming resigned
    director
  20. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Thomas Alexander Kenneth appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    DOYLE, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    GLEN, John Mack appointed
    director
  24. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-01-23
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    LAING, Thomas Fleming appointed
    director
  27. 2004-01-23
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 2003-12-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCHERFIELD & FIDRA GOLF COURSES LIMITED
  29. 2003-12-05
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-12-05
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Caledonian Heritable Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ARCHERFIELD & FIDRA GOLF COURSES LIMITED
This company · SC260327

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/12/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

46 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

ARNOTT, Robert Graeme→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-01-23
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Active
DOYLE, Kevin Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-01-23
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Active
GLEN, John Mack→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-01-23
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Active
RUSSELL, Gordon Iain→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-24
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Active
YOUNGER, Thomas Alexander Kenneth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-03-09
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Active
GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2021-07-22
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-05 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned
LAING, Thomas Fleming→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2015-09-24
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-05 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—26/02/2020—
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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24