NEWTONMORE GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC872397 · ltd · incorporated 2025-12-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 3 → 5
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 35
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-06-19
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-12-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2025-12-15
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEWTONMORE GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED
  6. 2025-12-11
    GRACE, Phil appointed
    director
  7. 2025-12-11
    LAW MURRAY, Duncan appointed
    director
  8. 2025-12-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Newtonmore Golf Club (Scio) is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Newtonmore Golf Club (Scio)
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
NEWTONMORE GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED
This company · SC872397

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
Newtonmore Golf Club (Scio)
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Duncan Law Murrayceased 11/12/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated2025-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Golf Course Road
Newtonmore
Highland
PH20 1AT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRACE, Phil
director · ~76y · appointed 2025-12-11
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Active
LAW MURRAY, Duncan
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-12-11
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-07-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-12-11