DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY AVIATION MUSEUM

🌳Matureactive

SC257787 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-10-17

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 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

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

Directors & officers

40 officers (11 active, 40 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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2024-11-20
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officers · AP01
2024-10-31
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PATTINSON, William Richard appointed
director
2024-08-05
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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officers · TM02
2022-12-14
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officers · AP03
2022-12-14
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officers · AP01
2022-12-14
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officers · TM01
2022-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-05-15
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AIKEN, Steven Richard appointed
secretary
2022-05-15
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AIKEN, Steven Richard appointed
director
2022-05-15
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EWING, Charles John resigned
secretary
2022-05-14
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CHARTERIS, John Anthony resigned
director
2022-01-11
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mortgage · MR04
2022-01-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-07-26
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OBERHEIM, Douglas resigned
director
2021-07-26
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officers · TM01
2021-07-26
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officers · TM01
2021-05-13
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accounts · AA
2021-05-09
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BURNS, Joseph, Mr. resigned
director
2020-11-18
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address · AD01
2020-04-14
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accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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officers · AP01
2018-09-06
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FRANCEY, James resigned
director
2018-08-10
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WALL, Helen, Mrs. resigned
director
2018-01-20
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LANGE, John Morrison, Mr. resigned
director
2018-01-20
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MACKEY, Paul, Mr. resigned
director
2017-07-05
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CHARTERIS, John Anthony appointed
director
2016-01-16
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EWING, Charles John appointed
secretary
2016-01-16
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JAMES, Stuart, Dr. resigned
secretary
2016-01-16
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JAMES, Stuart, Dr. resigned
director
2015-01-17
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HOWIESON, Peter Rowat, Mr. appointed
director
2015-01-17
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SLOAN, Aideen Mary, Mrs. resigned
director
2015-01-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Scottish Enterprise
2014-06-05
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WALL, Helen, Mrs. appointed
director
2014-01-18
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EWING, Charles John appointed
director
2013-01-19
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BURNS, Joseph, Mr. appointed
director
2013-01-19
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SLOAN, Aideen Mary, Mrs. appointed
director
2012-02-20
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WALL, Glyn resigned
director
2012-01-21
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LAMMIN, Alan John resigned
director
2012-01-21
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LAMMIN, Susan Elizabeth resigned
director
2012-01-21
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LANGE, John Morrison, Mr. appointed
director
2011-01-22
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SLOAN, Robert Vivers, Mr. appointed
director
2011-01-22
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EAGLES, James Henry Albert resigned
director
2011-01-22
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JAMES, Stuart, Dr. appointed
director
2010-07-13
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JAMES, Stuart, Dr. appointed
secretary
2010-07-13
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LAMMIN, Alan John resigned
secretary
2010-02-04
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BROTHERSTON, John William Meffrey, Flt/Lt resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 89 events

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

-10 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 80 — 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 80 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

Incorporated2003-10-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Old Control Tower Heathhall Industrial Estate

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3PH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03