FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST(THE)

🌳Matureactive

01978359 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1986-01-16

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

42 officers (9 active, 42 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

176 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (90 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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officers · AP01
2026-01-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-01
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officers · TM01
2025-11-29
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GAMBRILL, Robert Joseph Saffery appointed
director
2025-11-29
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BROWN, Adam Martin resigned
director
2025-04-11
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officers · CH01
2025-04-11
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officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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PLUMMER, Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
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officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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PLUMMER, Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-04-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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address · AD01
2023-11-14
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officers · TM01
2023-11-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-11
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OVERTON, Helen Alison resigned
director
2023-09-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
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officers · TM01
2022-12-31
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WRIXON, Phil resigned
director
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-20
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OVERTON, Helen Alison appointed
director
2022-09-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-22
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PHILLIPPS, Peter Charles resigned
director
2022-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-26
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BRYAN, Mark resigned
director
2021-12-11
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PHILLIPPS, Peter Charles appointed
director
2021-12-11
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officers · AP01
2021-06-01
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EDWARDS, Frank Charles John resigned
director
2020-11-24
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SANDERCOCK, Richard John resigned
director
2020-11-14
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SCRIVENS, Kevin resigned
director
2020-04-01
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GOODWIN, Amy appointed
director
2020-04-01
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STEPHENS, Aaron Valentine appointed
director
2020-03-21
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BROWN, Adam appointed
secretary
2020-03-21
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WALLIS, David resigned
secretary
2020-03-05
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SMITH, Stephen Robert resigned
director
2019-11-30
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BROWN, Adam Martin appointed
director
2019-11-30
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BRYAN, Mark appointed
director
2018-12-01
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WALLIS, David appointed
secretary
2018-07-17
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SCRIVENS, Kevin resigned
secretary
2018-05-19
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SCRIVENS, Kevin appointed
secretary
2018-03-12
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SMITH, Michael Andrew resigned
secretary
2018-03-12
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BYRAN, Mark resigned
director
2013-12-14
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DE-VEY, Simon George resigned
director
2013-08-01
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ALFORD, Leanne resigned
director
2013-08-01
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SPARGO, Godfrey John resigned
director
2012-07-17
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WRIXON, Phil appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 22 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

Incorporated1986-01-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

7a Bridge Street

Hatherleigh

Okehampton

EX20 3HU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24