RURAL HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC397618 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-13
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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, 2 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
60 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-11-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-31
    ➖
    DICKSON, Alan Mclean resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2023-08-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-08-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-08-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-08-02
    ➕
    GATE, John Angus appointed
    director
  13. 2023-08-02
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Kirsty Jane appointed
    director
  14. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2012-04-01
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Kirsty Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-04-21
    ➕
    MACQUEEN, James Ivor John appointed
    director
  22. 2011-04-21
    ➖
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-04-21
    ➕
    DICKSON, Alan Mclean appointed
    director
  24. 2011-04-21
    ➖
    MUNRO, Donald John resigned
    director
  25. 2011-04-21
    ➖
    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2011-04-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RURAL HOUSE LIMITED
  27. 2011-04-13
    ➕
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2011-04-13
    ➕
    MUNRO, Donald John appointed
    director
  29. 2011-04-13
    ➕
    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Isle Of Skye Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Rural Escapes (Highland) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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RURAL HOUSE LIMITED
This company · SC397618

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rural Escapes (Highland) Ltd
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting05/07/2017
Isle Of Skye Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/10/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Wooden House Ltdceased 31/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Alan Mclean Dicksonceased 05/07/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr James Ivor Macqueenceased 05/07/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2011-04-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

6a Drynoch Carbost
Isle Of Skye
IV47 8SP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MACKINNON, Kirsty Jane→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GATE, John Angus→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINNON, Kirsty Jane→
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACQUEEN, James Ivor John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-13 · resigned 2011-04-21
Resigned
DICKSON, Alan Mclean→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-04-21 · resigned 2025-10-31
Resigned
MUNRO, Donald John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-04-13 · resigned 2011-04-21
Resigned
HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-04-13 · resigned 2011-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21