LOCHABER HIGHLAND GAMES ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive
SC304923 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-07-04
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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year to Mar 2025
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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
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-08-08
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    BALL, James Maxwell resigned
    director
  8. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-07-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As LOCHABER HIGHLAND GAMES ASSOCIATION
  18. 2006-07-04
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    LINDSAY, Allan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-07-04
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    BRENNAN, Mary Pauline Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2006-07-04
    ➕
    GREEN, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-04
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    HORNE, David appointed
    director
  22. 2006-07-04
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    LINDSAY, Allan appointed
    director
  23. 2006-07-04
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    SINCLAIR, Elizabeth Jean appointed
    director
  24. 2006-07-04
    ➕
    VOLWERK, Leen appointed
    director
  25. 2006-07-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-07-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-07-04
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    BALL, James Maxwell appointed
    director
  28. 2006-07-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2006-07-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-07-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2006-07-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -6 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 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2006-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

14 Seafield Gardens
Fort William
PH33 6RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (7 active · 4 resigned)

LINDSAY, Allan→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
BRENNAN, Mary Pauline Jane→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
GREEN, Julie Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
HORNE, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
LINDSAY, Allan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
SINCLAIR, Elizabeth Jean→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
VOLWERK, Leen→
director · ~83y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2006-07-04
Resigned
BALL, James Maxwell→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2021-08-08
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2006-07-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2006-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19