ARGYLL FM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC160070 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-08-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Radio broadcasting

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	500	500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2024-12-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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accounts · AA01
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-08
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officers · AP01
2023-03-08
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officers · AP01
2023-03-05
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GEORGE, Callum David appointed
director
2023-03-05
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GORMAN, Alistair Robert appointed
director
2022-08-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-10
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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officers · TM01
2020-11-26
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EDWARDS, Yvonne resigned
director
2020-11-25
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accounts · AA
2019-08-23
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accounts · AA
2018-08-15
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accounts · AA
2017-08-26
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OXBORROW, Trevor James resigned
director
2014-12-01
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OXBORROW, Trevor James appointed
director
2008-09-09
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MIDDLETON, Colin John appointed
secretary
2008-09-09
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C & D MACTAGGART resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-01
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HENDERSON, Iain resigned
director
2004-06-01
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BARRATT, Margaret Skiverton resigned
director
2003-08-12
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ANDERSON, Ann resigned
director
2003-08-12
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EDWARDS, Yvonne appointed
director
2003-08-12
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SHAW, Morris Mcnair resigned
director
2001-06-21
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JOHNSON, Kenneth appointed
director
2001-03-15
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ARMOUR, John appointed
director
2001-03-15
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BARRATT, Margaret Skiverton appointed
director
2000-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-09-21
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SHAW, Morris Mcnair appointed
director
2000-07-31
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CAMPBELL, John Anthony resigned
director
2000-07-03
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MCINTYRE, Daniel Archibald Gilchrist resigned
director
2000-03-06
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JOHNSON, Kenneth resigned
director
2000-03-06
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SHAW, Morris Mcnair resigned
director
1999-03-18
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MCINTYRE, Daniel Archibald Gilchrist appointed
director
1998-06-02
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LAFFERTY, Archibald Mckay resigned
director
1998-02-13
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KELLY, George Alexander resigned
director
1998-02-12
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JOHNSON, Kenneth appointed
director
1998-02-12
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LAFFERTY, Archibald Mckay appointed
director
1998-02-12
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SHAW, Morris Mcnair appointed
director
1997-11-17
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WESTERMAN, Jacqueline Ann resigned
director
1997-06-10
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DEWAR, Richard Colville resigned
director
1997-02-06
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ANDERSON, Ann appointed
director
1997-02-06
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KELLY, George Alexander appointed
director
1997-02-06
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WESTERMAN, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
1995-11-30
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MIDDLETON, Colin John appointed
director
1995-11-30
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KELLY, George Alexander resigned
secretary
1995-11-30
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C & D MACTAGGART appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-11-30
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HENDERSON, Iain appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Incorporated1995-08-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

27-29 Longrow

Campbeltown

Argyll

PA28 6ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12