ORKNEY FOSSIL & VINTAGE CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC211372 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-09-26

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 24.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.8y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

26 officers (5 active, 26 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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officers · TM01
2025-12-08
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SIMPSON, James Alexander resigned
director
2025-11-14
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accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-14
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gazette · DISS40
2024-12-03
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-07
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accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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officers · AP01
2024-04-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-09
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-27
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-07
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BROWN, John Flett, Dr resigned
director
2023-12-16
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gazette · DISS40
2023-12-14
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officers · TM01
2023-12-12
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gazette · GAZ1
2023-11-30
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CORDOCK, Lynn Mauree Duncan resigned
director
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA01
2023-06-22
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WRIGHT, Sacha Clare Ingrid appointed
director
2022-11-14
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accounts · AA
2022-10-03
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officers · TM01
2022-04-12
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LEE, Helen Yvonne resigned
director
2021-07-02
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LEE, Helen Yvonne appointed
secretary
2021-07-02
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HAMILL, Linda Rachel resigned
secretary
2021-07-02
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officers · TM02
2021-07-02
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officers · AP03
2021-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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BAIN, Diane resigned
director
2019-05-31
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FIRTH, Yvonne Margaret resigned
director
2018-10-26
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MOYES, Jacklyn Mitchell resigned
director
2018-04-17
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MOYES, Jacklyn Mitchell appointed
director
2018-04-10
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael resigned
director
2018-04-10
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SIMPSON, James Alexander appointed
director
2017-05-22
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SCHOLES, Karen resigned
director
2014-04-15
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HAMILL, John Barrie resigned
secretary
2014-04-15
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HAMILL, Linda Rachel appointed
secretary
2014-04-15
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FIRTH, Yvonne Margaret appointed
director
2013-12-12
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael appointed
director
2013-02-20
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FIRTH, Leslie Rae resigned
director
2012-04-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-03-07
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MCGINN, Andrew Ronald resigned
director
2011-03-07
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ROUSE, Richard Verney resigned
director
2011-03-07
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SHAW, Robert Robertson resigned
director
2011-03-07
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TULLOCH, Angela Elizabeth resigned
director
2009-09-01
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HAMILL, John Barrie appointed
secretary
2009-09-01
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HOURSTON, Sheila Anne resigned
secretary
2007-03-31
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CALLAGHAN, Stephen resigned
director
2007-03-31
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TOWSEY, Katherine resigned
director
2006-04-24
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BAIN, Diane resigned
secretary
2006-04-24
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HOURSTON, Sheila Anne appointed
secretary
2002-02-01
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BAIN, Diane appointed
secretary

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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

Incorporated2000-09-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Orkney Fossil & Vintage Centre

Viewforth, Burray

Orkney

Isle Of Orkney

KW17 2SY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26