BRIGHTLINGSEA MUSEUM

🌳Matureactive

02397322 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1989-06-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

20 officers (7 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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1 signal 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

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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accounts · AA
2026-02-26
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officers · CH03
2026-02-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-21
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officers · AP01
2025-07-14
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SNOW, Timothy James appointed
director
2025-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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accounts · AA01
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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officers · TM01
2022-01-31
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SMITH, Derak Frank resigned
director
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-10
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officers · TM01
2021-01-02
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GOODENOUGH, Sally resigned
director
2020-10-07
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officers · AP01
2020-09-28
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REILLY, Olivia Francesca appointed
director
2020-04-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-06
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WHIFFING, Jean Sylvia resigned
director
2020-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-27
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SKERRITT, Pauline Victoria appointed
director
2019-02-27
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HINDLEY, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2018-02-01
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SKERRITT, Pauline Victoria appointed
secretary
2018-02-01
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CHAPMAN, Vivien resigned
secretary
2017-02-01
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CHAPMAN, Vivien appointed
director
2017-02-01
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GOODENOUGH, Sally appointed
director
2013-06-11
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SKINNER, Nicholas Anthony appointed
director
2013-02-26
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DOVE, Claude Edward resigned
director
2013-02-26
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HINDLEY, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2010-07-31
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SMITH, Derak Frank appointed
director
2009-02-17
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MARTIN, Derek Karl resigned
director
2006-02-14
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CHAPMAN, Vivien appointed
secretary
2006-01-31
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WALLACE, Joan Elsie resigned
director
2005-05-23
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SYCAMORE, Lesley Doreen resigned
secretary
2004-02-19
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SYCAMORE, Lesley Doreen resigned
director
2002-03-14
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STONE, Margaret appointed
director
2002-03-14
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WALLACE, Joan Elsie appointed
director
2001-09-30
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WAKELING, Alfred Lewis William resigned
director
1998-05-01
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SYCAMORE, Edward Mckim, Dr resigned
director
1993-05-27
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FOWLER, Anthony John Harris resigned
director
1989-06-21
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Company incorporated
As BRIGHTLINGSEA MUSEUM

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Margaret Stone Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1989-06-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Dove House

Station Road

Brightlingsea

Essex

CO7 0DT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-14

Last: 2025-07-31