STRATHPUFFER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC292342 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-27
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-07-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-07-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-07-01
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    PEART, Adrienne appointed
    director
  11. 2023-07-01
    ➕
    PEART, Marc appointed
    director
  12. 2023-07-01
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    MACDONALD, Clancy resigned
    director
  13. 2023-07-01
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Steven Malcolm resigned
    director
  14. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-10-30
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    BOOCOCK, Katherine resigned
    director
  21. 2008-11-01
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    LAWTON, Linda Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2008-11-01
    ➕
    BOOCOCK, Katherine appointed
    director
  23. 2008-11-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Clancy appointed
    director
  24. 2008-11-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Steven Malcolm appointed
    director
  25. 2008-10-31
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Peter Scott resigned
    director
  26. 2005-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As STRATHPUFFER LIMITED
  27. 2005-10-27
    ➕
    LAWTON, Alasdair Richard appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-10-27
    ➕
    LAWTON, Alasdair Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2005-10-27
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    FERGUSON, Peter Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Linda Anne Lawton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2025
Mr Alasdair Richard Lawton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Steven Malcolm Macdonaldceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2005-10-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

2 Ardival East
Strathpeffer
IV14 9DY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

LAWTON, Alasdair Richard→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWTON, Alasdair Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-27
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Active
LAWTON, Linda Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-11-01
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Active
PEART, Adrienne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEART, Marc→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOCOCK, Katherine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-11-01 · resigned 2013-10-30
Resigned
FERGUSON, Peter Scott→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-10-27 · resigned 2008-10-31
Resigned
MACDONALD, Clancy→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-11-01 · resigned 2023-07-01
Resigned
MACDONALD, Steven Malcolm→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-11-01 · resigned 2023-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13