CLUBHOUSE SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC386878 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2024-12-17
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  3. 2024-07-12
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  4. 2024-07-10
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser resigned
    director
  5. 2023-10-13
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  6. 2022-12-09
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  7. 2021-12-28
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  8. 2021-01-29
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  9. 2019-10-17
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  10. 2018-12-21
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  11. 2018-06-08
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  12. 2018-06-08
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  13. 2018-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  14. 2018-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2017-12-01
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  16. 2016-10-25
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  17. 2015-12-15
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  18. 2015-12-07
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  19. 2014-03-31
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    REVELL, Peter John, Mister resigned
    director
  20. 2013-06-26
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    HOLDSWORTH, Matthew resigned
    director
  21. 2013-06-26
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    REVELL, Peter John, Mister appointed
    director
  22. 2013-06-26
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    SUMMERS, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2011-03-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2011-01-25
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall appointed
    director
  25. 2011-01-25
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin resigned
    director
  26. 2011-01-25
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser appointed
    director
  27. 2011-01-25
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser resigned
    director
  28. 2010-12-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2010-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CLUBHOUSE SCOTLAND LIMITED
  30. 2010-10-11
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Janet appointed
    director
  31. 2010-10-11
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin appointed
    director
  32. 2010-10-11
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser appointed
    director
  33. 2010-10-11
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    HOLDSWORTH, Matthew appointed
    director
  34. 2010-10-11
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    SUMMERS, Susan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Lister Square (No 207) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lister Square (No 207) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLUBHOUSE SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC386878

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
Lister Square (No 207) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-10-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Clubhouse (Claymore)
45 Seabank Road
Nairn
IV12 4EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FOTHERINGHAM, Colin Hall→
director · ~81y · appointed 2011-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Janet→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Colin→
director · ~37y · appointed 2010-10-11 · resigned 2011-01-25
Resigned
FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser→
director · ~37y · appointed 2011-01-25 · resigned 2024-07-10
Resigned
FOTHERINGHAM, Fraser→
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-10-11 · resigned 2011-01-25
Resigned
HOLDSWORTH, Matthew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-10-11 · resigned 2013-06-26
Resigned
REVELL, Peter John, Mister→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-06-26 · resigned 2014-03-31
Resigned
SUMMERS, Susan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-10-11 · resigned 2013-06-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/03/201108/06/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property27/12/201008/06/2018

Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
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officers · TM01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14