MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND

🌳Matureactive

SC074264 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1981-03-23

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

100 officers (13 active, 100 linked, 89 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

320 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	38

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (200 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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MUTHURAMAN, Veena resigned
director
2026-04-01
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officers · TM01
2025-10-24
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accounts · AA
2025-10-21
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officers · TM01
2025-10-16
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O'NEILL, Kathleen resigned
director
2025-02-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-10
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officers · TM01
2025-01-01
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DORNAN, Duncan Macleod appointed
director
2024-12-31
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MACFARLANE, Marjory resigned
director
2024-12-31
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SCHOLTEN, Steph resigned
director
2024-12-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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officers · CH01
2024-02-01
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2024-02-01
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officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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BENSON, Mike appointed
director
2024-01-31
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EASSON, Neil Alistair appointed
director
2024-01-31
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ELADANY, Abeer Helmy Mohamed appointed
director
2024-01-31
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MCLEAN, Christine appointed
director
2024-01-31
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MCLEISH, John Fraser resigned
director
2023-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-17
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officers · TM01
2023-03-22
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GILL, Ruth resigned
director
2023-03-14
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BROUWERS, Mary Jane resigned
director
2022-11-28
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officers · AP01
2022-11-28
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2022-11-21
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CROSS, Mhairi Jane appointed
director
2022-11-21
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O'NEILL, Kathleen appointed
director
2022-10-14
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BOTTEN, Trish Campbell resigned
director
2022-09-23
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MONTADOR, Diana Arline resigned
director
2022-02-04
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HEDDLE, Donna, Dr resigned
director
2022-01-01
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CONVERY, Patricia Anne appointed
director
2022-01-01
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DINKPA, Nkechinyere Edith appointed
director
2022-01-01
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MORAN, Matthew appointed
director
2021-04-19
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JAMIESON, Susan appointed
director
2021-04-19
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ROBERTSON, Stuart appointed
director
2020-12-09
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MCDONALD, William John resigned
director
2019-11-19
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LEIGHTON, John Mark Nicholas, Sir resigned
director
2019-09-01
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ARTHUR, Rhona Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-04-01
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MUTHURAMAN, Veena appointed
director
2019-02-01
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CASOT, Lucy Anne Watson appointed
secretary
2019-02-01
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MCLEISH, John Fraser resigned
secretary
2019-02-01
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MCLEISH, John Fraser appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 200 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MUTHURAMAN, Veena resigned 2026-04-01; O'NEILL, Kathleen resigned 2025-10-16

🔒Co-director network graph

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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1981-03-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

33 Castle Street

Edinburgh

EH2 3DN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29