HERIOT'S RUGBY CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC509653 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-06-29

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), 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 (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

25 officers (14 active, 25 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	29	4000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2025-09-23
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2025-09-23
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2025-09-23
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2025-09-18
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LIVINGSTONE, Douglas Scott appointed
director
2025-08-19
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CAMERON, Gavin Douglas appointed
director
2025-08-19
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REID, James Christopher appointed
director
2024-09-05
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accounts · AA
2024-07-03
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2024-04-17
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GAFFNEY, Megan Elidh appointed
director
2024-03-07
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2024-03-07
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2024-03-07
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2024-03-07
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officers · TM02
2023-08-31
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WILLINS, Gordon Steven appointed
secretary
2023-08-31
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SIM, Ian Allan resigned
secretary
2023-08-31
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DUCKWORTH, Iain Alexander resigned
director
2023-08-31
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HUME, Rhona Allison resigned
director
2023-08-31
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MCCALLUM, Colin Fraser resigned
director
2023-08-31
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SIM, Ian Allan resigned
director
2023-08-03
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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2023-06-26
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WILLINS, Gordon Steven appointed
director
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-01-24
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KIRKPATRICK, Ronald Mercer resigned
director
2022-10-04
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2022-10-03
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2022-09-28
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MCINTYRE, Louise Edington resigned
director
2022-09-26
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HEPBURN, Richard Alexander appointed
director
2022-07-28
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2022-07-14
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2022-07-09
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MUSTARD, Stewart David appointed
director
2022-07-08
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2022-07-08
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2022-07-05
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TAYLOR, Megan Grace appointed
director
2022-06-27
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KIRKPATRICK, Ronald Mercer appointed
director
2021-08-26
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DELANEY, Anthony Thomas resigned
director
2021-08-26
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MILLICAN, John Gilbert resigned
director
2020-09-01
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DELANEY, Anthony Thomas appointed
director
2020-06-25
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MCNIVEN, Calum Ross appointed
director
2018-10-25
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HUME, Rhona Allison appointed
director
2018-06-29
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DUCKWORTH, Iain Alexander appointed
director
2018-06-28
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GRAY, Donald Robert resigned
director
2018-04-26
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STEVENSON, Gavin James appointed
director
2018-03-29
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MCINTYRE, Louise Edington appointed
director
2018-03-05
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GORDON, Brian resigned
director
2017-03-30
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MEIKLE, Neil Macrae appointed
director
2016-07-28
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MCCALLUM, Colin Fraser appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2015-06-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Goldenacre

Bangholm Terrace

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 5QN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29