DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY AVIATION MUSEUM (ENTERPRISES) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC781917 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-04
    FORBES, Kirsten Anne resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-10
    OSWALD, Alan John appointed
    director
  5. 2025-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-08-03
    RAFFERTY, Lisa Jane appointed
    director
  9. 2023-09-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY AVIATION MUSEUM (ENTERPRISES) LTD
  10. 2023-09-08
    EWING, Caroline appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-08
    EWING, Charles John appointed
    director
  12. 2023-09-08
    FORBES, Kirsten Anne appointed
    director
  13. 2023-09-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

61/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY AVIATION MUSEUM (ENTERPRISES) LTD
This company · SC781917

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/09/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Old Control Tower, Heathhall Industrial Estate
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3PH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

EWING, Caroline
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-09-08
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Active
EWING, Charles John
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-09-08
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Active
OSWALD, Alan John
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-10-10
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Active
RAFFERTY, Lisa Jane
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-08-03
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Active
FORBES, Kirsten Anne
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-09-08 · resigned 2026-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-08