VENTURA HIGHLAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC425925 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-11
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.
🔒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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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£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.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-06-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-08
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    WOLTON, David appointed
    director
  14. 2020-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-03-12
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  18. 2019-03-12
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  19. 2019-03-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2012-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As VENTURA HIGHLAND LTD.
  21. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    WATT, David Alastair appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Wolton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting22/11/2020
Mr David Alastair Watt
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Carsegate Road South
Inverness
IV3 8LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WATT, David Alastair→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-06-11
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Active
WOLTON, David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-01-08
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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-21