THE BUCCLEUCH CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

SC281827 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-03-18

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 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

£526.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.8 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 (67/100)

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

21 officers (9 active, 21 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 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 £526,481

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

Net Worth

£526k

Current Assets

£54k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Total assets	£526.5k
Current assets	£53.7k
Cash	£49.0k
Debtors	£696
Net assets	£526.5k

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

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3 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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BANNATYNE, Avril resigned
director
2026-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
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GREEN, Gaynor Marie appointed
director
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-14
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LITTLE, Tracy Margaret appointed
director
2023-08-14
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GASS, Roger Neil resigned
secretary
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-05
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MORRISON, Brenda Isabel resigned
director
2022-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-14
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BURNET, Deirdre appointed
director
2022-06-14
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GRAHAM, Gavin John resigned
director
2021-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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officers · AP01
2021-07-02
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FLETCHER, Jamie appointed
director
2021-01-26
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address · AD01
2020-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-20
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MCLURE, Robert Holburn resigned
director
2019-08-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-08-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-06-19
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IRELAND, Joyce appointed
director
2019-06-19
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LITTLE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2019-04-16
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TINKER, Michael David, Dr resigned
director
2016-10-29
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POOL, Marion Mcvittie resigned
director
2016-06-30
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CAVERS, Glen Greggan Neil appointed
director
2013-07-15
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CARRUTHERS, June appointed
director
2013-07-15
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MCLURE, Robert Holburn appointed
director
2013-06-11
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STEVENSON, David Deas resigned
director
2012-06-13
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MCVITTIE, David Park resigned
director
2011-09-06
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ZEMLA, Eva Genowefa resigned
director
2011-04-01
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BANNATYNE, Avril appointed
director
2011-04-01
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GRAHAM, Gavin John appointed
director
2010-07-19
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TINKER, Michael David, Dr appointed
director
2008-10-21
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SCOTT, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2006-06-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Scottish Arts Council
2005-03-31
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TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-03-31
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MCVITTIE, David Park appointed
director
2005-03-31
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MORRISON, Brenda Isabel appointed
director
2005-03-31
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POOL, Marion Mcvittie appointed
director
2005-03-31
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SCOTT, Andrew Peter appointed
director
2005-03-31
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ZEMLA, Eva Genowefa appointed
director
2005-03-21
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GASS, Roger Neil appointed
secretary
2005-03-18
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Company incorporated
As THE BUCCLEUCH CENTRE

Showing most recent 50 of 53 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

-9 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 72 — 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 72 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-03-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

Buccleuch Square

Langholm

Dumfries & Galloway

DG13 0AW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14