THE KINGDOM OF FIFE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY

🌳Matureactive

SC138632 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1992-06-01

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: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

57 officers (13 active, 57 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

181 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (122 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2025-02-18
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officers · AP01
2025-02-15
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TAYLOR, Jamie Steven appointed
director
2024-12-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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officers · CH01
2024-11-26
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officers · AP01
2024-11-25
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MCGREGOR, Andrew appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MEACHER, Graham John appointed
director
2024-11-25
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SLATER, Khai Robert John appointed
director
2024-06-03
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officers · TM01
2024-01-17
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accounts · AA
2023-10-01
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DANTON, James Edwin resigned
director
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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DANTON, James Edwin appointed
director
2022-06-20
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officers · AP01
2022-01-02
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officers · TM01
2021-12-18
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WOOTON, Edwin resigned
director
2021-12-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-01
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COCHRANE-MILLS, Simon appointed
director
2021-09-01
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WOOTON, Edwin appointed
director
2021-09-01
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address · AD01
2021-09-01
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officers · AP01
2021-09-01
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officers · AP01
2021-05-25
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officers · TM01
2021-05-23
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DUNCAN, Laura resigned
secretary
2021-05-23
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CARTY, Steven resigned
director
2021-05-23
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DUNCAN, Laura resigned
director
2021-05-23
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officers · TM02
2021-05-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-23
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officers · TM01
2021-05-21
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DANTON, James Edwin resigned
director
2021-04-03
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RANKIN, James Dunsire appointed
director
2021-04-03
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DUNCAN, Laura appointed
secretary
2021-04-03
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URWIN, Ashleigh Barbara resigned
secretary
2021-04-03
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WIACZEK, Anthony Joseph resigned
director
2020-04-01
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CARTY, Steven appointed
director
2019-06-04
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GRIEVE, John resigned
director
2019-04-23
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BARCLAY, Andrew James resigned
director
2019-04-23
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GRIEVE, John appointed
director
2018-11-28
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URWIN, Ashleigh Barbara appointed
secretary
2018-11-20
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COOMBES, Silvana Marlene resigned
secretary
2018-04-19
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BARCLAY, Andrew James appointed
director
2018-04-19
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DUNCAN, Laura appointed
director
2018-04-19
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MUNRO, Ann Elizabeth resigned
director
2018-04-19
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SHIELDS, William Edgar resigned
director
2016-03-31
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ROSS, Iain resigned
director
2015-11-05
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HAMILTON, John appointed
director
2015-11-05
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WIACZEK, Anthony Joseph appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1992-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

3 Liberton Road

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY2 6LZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01