RHET HIGHLAND COUNTRYSIDE INITIATIVE

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SC303911 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-06-13

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85200Primary education
85310General secondary education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (9 active, 30 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2025-11-15
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officers · TM01
2025-11-03
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CAMERON, Cara resigned
director
2025-04-01
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accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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officers · CH01
2024-08-05
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officers · CH01
2024-08-05
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officers · CH03
2024-07-05
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officers · AP01
2024-07-01
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SANDISON, Steven James appointed
director
2024-06-27
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officers · TM01
2024-06-17
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GILFILLAN, Charlotte resigned
director
2024-02-16
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officers · CH01
2024-02-15
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officers · TM01
2024-02-10
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HOGG, Jonathan Allan resigned
director
2024-02-06
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accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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officers · AP01
2023-10-17
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officers · TM01
2023-10-17
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officers · TM01
2023-10-09
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FRASER, Hugh Maclean resigned
director
2023-10-09
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GILFILLAN, Charlotte appointed
director
2023-10-09
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MACNAB, Archibald resigned
director
2023-01-23
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officers · TM01
2023-01-23
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officers · AP01
2023-01-20
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SNODY-SCOTT, Rachael Charlotte Elspeth appointed
director
2023-01-20
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WHITE, Murray resigned
director
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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officers · AP01
2022-10-14
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SMITH, Malcolm Grant appointed
director
2022-10-14
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CAMERON, Cara appointed
director
2022-10-14
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officers · AP01
2022-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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ROSS, Donald John appointed
director
2020-03-12
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MCCONACHIE, Bruce John resigned
director
2020-03-06
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BUDGE, William Kirkland appointed
director
2020-03-06
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FRASER, Hugh Maclean appointed
director
2019-03-25
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LAUGHTON, John Ritchie resigned
director
2019-03-17
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HOGG, Jonathan Allan appointed
director
2019-03-17
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MCCONACHIE, Bruce John appointed
director
2018-10-10
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MACNAB, Alasdair John resigned
director
2017-06-15
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LOCKETT, Denise resigned
director
2017-06-15
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MCCALLUM, Methven Noel Humphreys resigned
director
2016-05-10
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MACKENZIE, Stephen resigned
director
2015-01-29
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MACDONALD, John William appointed
director
2015-01-29
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BROADHEAD, Moira resigned
director
2015-01-29
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LAUGHTON, John Ritchie appointed
director
2015-01-29
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LOCKETT, David resigned
director
2015-01-29
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MACNAB, Archibald appointed
director
2013-01-31
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SCOTT, James Mitchell resigned
director
2013-01-31
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WARWICK, Jocelyn resigned
director
2012-01-26
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BAIN, William Allan resigned
director

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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

-8 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-06-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Auchmore Farm

Muir Of Ord

Ross-Shire

IV6 7XB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26