KIRKCUDBRIGHT SUMMER FESTIVITIES

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SC275795 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-11-09

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 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£221.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 14.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

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

Directors & officers

57 officers (13 active, 57 linked, 52 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

173 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £221,534

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£142k

Net Worth

£222k

Current Assets

£148k

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30
Total assets	£221.5k
Current assets	£148.3k
Cash	£142.2k
Debtors	£6.0k
Net assets	£221.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (124 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-04-15
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2025-04-15
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officers · AP01
2025-04-15
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officers · TM01
2025-04-05
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GAY, David Alan appointed
director
2025-04-05
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LINDEN, Rob appointed
director
2025-04-01
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MCROBERT, Peter James resigned
director
2025-02-18
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accounts · AA
2024-04-11
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accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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incorporation · MA
2022-11-14
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officers · CH03
2022-11-14
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officers · CH01
2022-04-19
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accounts · AA
2022-02-01
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officers · AP01
2022-01-20
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officers · TM01
2022-01-19
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JOHNSON, Magnus Adam appointed
director
2021-10-04
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officers · TM02
2021-10-04
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2021-10-04
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officers · TM02
2021-09-26
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ASBRIDGE, Shani Avive appointed
secretary
2021-09-26
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KEMP, Ian resigned
secretary
2021-09-26
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STEPHENSON, Carolyn Margaret resigned
secretary
2021-03-01
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address · AD01
2021-02-18
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accounts · AA
2021-02-02
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2021-01-20
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KEMP, Ian appointed
secretary
2021-01-19
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MCKIE, Andrew resigned
director
2021-01-13
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officers · CH01
2019-11-21
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MCINTYRE, Ian appointed
director
2019-11-21
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OLDFIELD, Malcolm John appointed
director
2019-11-21
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MCKIE, Andrew appointed
director
2019-04-17
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BROUGH, Niomi Anna resigned
director
2018-08-15
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DANIA, Vivien Jane resigned
director
2018-03-21
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BROUGH, Niomi Anna appointed
director
2017-11-15
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CREWE, June resigned
director
2017-11-15
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DANIA, Vivien Jane appointed
director
2017-11-15
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MCROBERT, Peter James appointed
director
2017-11-15
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MORRIS, Nicholas resigned
director
2017-10-23
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BROUGH, Niomi Anna resigned
director
2017-08-31
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GORDON, Alasdair Graham resigned
director
2017-01-18
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BAYES, Pamela resigned
director
2017-01-18
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BLAIKIE, Patricia Catherine Jane resigned
director
2017-01-18
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BLAIKIE, William Stuart resigned
director
2017-01-18
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BONNING, Anthony George resigned
director
2017-01-18
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CAMPBELL, Andrew resigned
director
2017-01-18
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DANIA, Vivien Jane resigned
director
2017-01-18
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GORDON, Yvonne resigned
director
2017-01-18
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KELLY, Samuel Mckie resigned
director
2017-01-18
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MCKIE, Andrew resigned
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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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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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

Incorporated2004-11-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

53 St. Mary Street

Kirkcudbright

Dumfries And Galloway

DG6 4DU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-25

Last: 2025-11-11