EUREKA! THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

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01948578 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1985-09-19

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 20.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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 20.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

61 officers (8 active, 61 linked, 53 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

222 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (130 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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officers · TM01
2026-03-23
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SUTCLIFFE, John Trevor resigned
director
2026-02-09
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officers · TM01
2026-02-06
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HIGGINSON, Susan Julie resigned
director
2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-12-01
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BEST, Faith Mavis resigned
director
2025-11-03
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officers · AP01
2025-10-17
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officers · TM01
2025-10-13
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PALMER, Rachael Maya appointed
director
2025-10-13
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RICE-BOWEN, Jane Sheridan resigned
director
2025-07-09
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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officers · CH01
2025-06-30
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officers · AP01
2025-06-30
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officers · AP01
2025-06-30
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officers · AP01
2025-06-27
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ASTBURY, Susannah appointed
director
2025-06-27
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EVANS, Alan David appointed
director
2025-06-27
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WOODROW, Nicholas Terence appointed
director
2025-06-23
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mortgage · MR04
2025-06-23
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-03-17
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officers · TM01
2025-03-04
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KELLY, John Howard resigned
director
2024-12-11
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officers · TM01
2024-11-29
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AZIZ, Shahban Khatab Ahmed resigned
director
2024-09-02
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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officers · TM01
2024-06-28
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AUBREY, Alan John resigned
director
2024-02-28
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officers · TM01
2024-02-27
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officers · TM01
2024-02-23
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HOPE, Alison Mary resigned
director
2023-12-08
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HESSELDEN, Fiona Jane resigned
director
2023-10-23
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officers · TM02
2023-10-23
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officers · AP03
2023-10-13
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FORBES, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2023-10-13
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CORBRIDGE, Teresa Joanne resigned
secretary
2023-10-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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officers · TM01
2023-03-17
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CRAVEN, Jin Theng resigned
director
2022-09-20
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WOOD, Elizabeth Ann resigned
director
2022-03-04
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SHARIF, Shagufta appointed
director
2022-03-04
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WARD, Kirsty Ellen Louise appointed
director
2022-03-04
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AZIZ, Shahban Khatab Ahmed appointed
director
2022-03-04
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BEST, Faith Mavis appointed
director
2022-03-04
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HIGGINSON, Susan Julie appointed
director
2022-03-04
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KELLY, John Howard appointed
director
2022-03-04
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SUTCLIFFE, John Trevor appointed
director
2021-05-18
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ROGERSON, John Stewart resigned
director
2021-05-10
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SMART, Peter Charles resigned
director
2020-01-03
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WATSON, Diane Carole resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 130 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

-7 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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BEST, Faith Mavis resigned 2025-12-01; HIGGINSON, Susan Julie resigned 2026-02-06; RICE-BOWEN, Jane Sheridan resigned 2025-10-13

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1985-09-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Discovery Road

Halifax

HX1 2NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30