BUTE HIGHLAND GAMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC288479 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-08-05

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£81.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

31 officers (8 active, 31 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £81,871

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£82k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£84k

↑ 17% 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	£84.6k	£72.7k
Current assets	£84.4k	£71.9k
Net assets	£81.9k	£70.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (73 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2025-10-30
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SHIELDS, Billy appointed
director
2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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2024-12-05
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SHIELDS, William Peter appointed
director
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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officers · AP01
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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officers · TM01
2023-09-29
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2023-09-29
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officers · TM01
2023-09-28
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BLACK, John Allan appointed
director
2023-09-28
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EDGAR, Daniel William resigned
director
2023-09-28
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SHAW, William Stewart resigned
director
2023-09-28
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SUTHERLAND, Gordon William Macrae resigned
director
2022-10-28
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officers · AP03
2022-10-28
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2022-10-27
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2022-10-27
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2022-10-25
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address · AD01
2022-09-29
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2022-09-27
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PROSSER, Anthony Griffith Thomas appointed
secretary
2022-09-27
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MCALISTER, Duncan appointed
director
2022-09-27
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FINDLAY, Kim Sharon resigned
secretary
2022-09-27
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LYLE, Douglas Robertson resigned
director
2021-09-27
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2020-10-07
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2020-08-17
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2020-01-01
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SHAW, Nichola resigned
director
2019-06-03
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EDGAR, Daniel William appointed
director
2019-06-03
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FERGUSON, Vanessa Victoria resigned
director
2019-06-03
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SHAW, Nichola appointed
director
2019-06-03
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STRONG, Isobel Christine resigned
director
2018-05-21
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FINDLAY, Kim Sharon appointed
secretary
2018-05-21
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HOLLIDAY, Stephen Mark resigned
secretary
2018-05-21
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ANDERSON, David Mitchell resigned
director
2018-05-21
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ANDERSON, Stanley Ralph resigned
director
2018-05-21
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SHAW, William Stewart appointed
director
2015-06-16
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ANDERSON, David Mitchell appointed
director
2015-05-14
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DUNCAN, James Walter appointed
director
2015-05-14
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ANDERSON, Stanley Ralph appointed
director
2015-05-14
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LYLE, Douglas Robertson appointed
director
2015-04-01
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EDGAR, Daniel William resigned
director
2015-03-23
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ANDERSON, David Mitchell resigned
secretary
2015-03-23
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HOLLIDAY, Stephen Mark appointed
secretary
2014-05-15
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DODDS, Michael Peter resigned
director
2013-05-23
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BARLOW, Richard Blair resigned
director
2012-03-29
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CLARK, Douglas Hall resigned
director
2011-08-31
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ANDERSON, David Mitchell resigned
director
2011-08-31
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STRONG, Isobel Christine appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 73 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-08-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Hilton Farm

Port Bannatyne

Isle Of Bute

PA20 0QW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05