ST. MAGNUS FESTIVAL

🌳Matureactive

SC073825 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1981-02-10

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

58 officers (7 active, 58 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

205 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2025-08-31
Average employees	2

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (116 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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accounts · AA
2025-06-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-13
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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officers · TM01
2025-06-11
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officers · TM01
2025-05-30
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FERGUSON, Fiona appointed
director
2025-05-30
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FLETT, Gareth William appointed
director
2025-05-30
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HARVEY, Ruth Agnes resigned
director
2025-05-30
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MILLER, Alison Jane resigned
director
2025-03-14
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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officers · TM01
2024-11-14
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BRUCE, Alistair James resigned
director
2024-05-21
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accounts · AA
2024-05-14
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officers · AP01
2023-05-11
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accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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officers · TM01
2023-01-16
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MILLER, Alison Jane appointed
director
2022-10-15
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FITZPATRICK, Lisa resigned
director
2022-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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officers · TM01
2022-01-24
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-12
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NICOLSON, Edward Thomson Cooper resigned
director
2021-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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officers · AP01
2020-03-04
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BEVAN, Graham Alexander appointed
director
2020-03-04
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BRUCE, Alistair James appointed
director
2020-03-04
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FITZPATRICK, Lisa appointed
director
2020-03-04
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HARVEY, Ruth Agnes appointed
director
2019-09-15
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GREEN, Hayley Jane resigned
director
2019-05-02
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GRIEVE, Elizabeth Elaine resigned
director
2017-09-26
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GREEN, Hayley Jane appointed
director
2016-10-24
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BEVAN, Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2016-06-28
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RENDALL, John Robert appointed
director
2016-06-28
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SMEE, Gillian Claire resigned
secretary
2016-06-28
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SMEE, Gillian Claire resigned
director
2016-05-06
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MCGILL, Tanya Dawn resigned
secretary
2016-05-06
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SMEE, Gillian Claire appointed
secretary
2016-05-06
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MCGILL, Tanya Dawn resigned
director
2015-10-10
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COCKETT, Norman Raymond resigned
director
2015-10-06
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SINCLAIR, Patricia Jane resigned
director
2015-10-05
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STOUT, Ian Henderson resigned
director
2014-06-26
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BEVAN, Elizabeth Anne appointed
director
2014-06-26
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COCKETT, Norman Raymond appointed
director
2014-06-26
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GARSON, Graham resigned
director
2014-06-26
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GRIEVE, Elizabeth Elaine appointed
director
2014-06-26
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WALLACE OF TANKERNESS, James Robert, Lord resigned
director
2014-01-22
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DUNBAR, Carol Frances resigned
director
2013-05-28
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SPENCER, Cynthia June 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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HELMSDALE HERITAGE AND ARTS SOCIETY→ SC096873 · est 1986 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	40y	81	71y
ORKNEY RIDING CENTRE→ SC372888 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	81	80y
ORKNEY WIRELESS MUSEUM→ SC288686 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	81	81y
SUTHERLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW LIMITED→ SC226780 · est 2002	—	—	£231.2k	—	24y	81	81y
FRIENDS OF THE HOY KIRK→ SC253642 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	80	75y
INNESWICK LIMITED→ SC138565 · est 1992	—	—	£1.05M	—	34y	80	80y
THE WICK SOCIETY→ SC261521 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	80	80y
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1981-02-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

13 Albert Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-21

Last: 2026-05-07