SOMERSET CRICKET MUSEUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01888986 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-02-22

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 38.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£437.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Archives activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91020Museum activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 38.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

29 officers (10 active, 29 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £437,036

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,795 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£437k

↓ 2.2% YoY

Current Assets

£45k

↓ 5.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£437.0k	£446.8k
Current assets	£45.0k	£47.3k
Net assets	£437.0k	£446.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2026-07-16
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2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2025-11-19
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officers · TM01
2025-11-17
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HILDRETH, James Charles resigned
director
2025-08-19
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officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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2025-07-01
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TRIM, Colin Harry appointed
director
2025-06-30
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WALLIS, Peter Gordon, Sir resigned
director
2025-06-11
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2025-06-10
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2025-06-01
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DRAYCOTT, Patrick Andrew appointed
secretary
2025-06-01
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WOOD, David Joseph resigned
secretary
2024-09-12
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incorporation · MA
2024-08-20
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2023-10-18
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2023-06-27
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2023-06-27
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officers · TM01
2023-03-07
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HILDRETH, James Charles appointed
director
2022-03-31
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JANUARY, Peter, Dr appointed
director
2021-01-01
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HILL, Michael Froude resigned
director
2020-03-31
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POWER, Nigel David appointed
director
2020-03-01
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UNWIN, Michael John appointed
director
2019-12-18
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EVEMY, John Kenneth resigned
director
2019-03-28
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GIBSON, Anthony Alan appointed
director
2019-03-28
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LOCKYER, Alain David John appointed
director
2019-03-28
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TARR, Michael John appointed
director
2019-03-19
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CLIFTON, Barry Ronald resigned
director
2016-10-31
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PERRIN, Judith Louise resigned
director
2014-07-08
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STEDALL, Geoffrey Anthony resigned
director
2011-08-15
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PERRIN, Judith Louise appointed
director
2011-05-05
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CLIFTON, Barry Ronald appointed
director
2011-05-05
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LANE, Peter John resigned
director
2011-04-11
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YATES, Peter David resigned
director
2010-02-10
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LAWRENCE, Edwin Harvey resigned
director
2009-12-31
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DOWNING, Christopher resigned
director
2009-04-29
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WOOD, David Joseph appointed
director
2009-04-29
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DOWNING, Christopher resigned
secretary
2009-04-29
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WOOD, David Joseph appointed
secretary
2008-05-20
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WALLIS, Peter Gordon, Sir appointed
director
2008-04-01
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LEE, John Henry resigned
director
2007-05-01
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WALSH, Richard John appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 65 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Incorporated1985-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91012 — Archives activities

Registered office

7 Priory Avenue

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 1XX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-19

Last: 2026-06-05