KEITH COMMUNITY RADIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC173805 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-03-25

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 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Radio broadcasting

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.0 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

45 officers (9 active, 45 linked, 38 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

178 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (104 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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officers · AP01
2026-04-06
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WALTON, Robert Henry appointed
director
2026-01-15
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officers · TM01
2026-01-12
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MEARNS, Charles Edward Stuart resigned
director
2025-12-22
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officers · CH01
2025-12-22
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officers · AP01
2025-12-22
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officers · AP01
2025-12-15
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CAMERON, Adele appointed
director
2025-12-15
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CRUICKSHANK, Graeme Alexander appointed
director
2025-12-10
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mortgage · MR04
2025-12-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-10-01
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officers · TM01
2025-10-01
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officers · TM01
2025-09-30
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NAIRN, Alan Gilmour Mckechnie resigned
director
2025-09-30
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officers · TM01
2025-09-22
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BARRIE, Robert Ian resigned
director
2025-09-22
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MCDIARMID, Jane Ann resigned
director
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2024-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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officers · TM01
2023-02-09
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SEIVWRIGHT, John Andrew Sutherland resigned
director
2022-10-10
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officers · TM01
2022-09-25
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CALDER, John resigned
director
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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officers · CH01
2022-01-12
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officers · AP01
2022-01-12
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officers · AP01
2021-12-22
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officers · AP01
2021-12-22
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officers · AP01
2021-11-29
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BARRIE, Robert Ian appointed
director
2021-11-29
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MCDIARMID, Jane Ann appointed
director
2021-11-29
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MEARNS, Charles Edward Stuart appointed
director
2021-11-29
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NAIRN, Alan Gilmour Mckechnie appointed
director
2021-08-26
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WRIGHT, David James resigned
director
2021-03-01
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MACDONALD, Sheila appointed
director
2021-03-01
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STUART, Callum Alexander appointed
director
2021-03-01
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WISEMAN, James Cameron appointed
director
2021-03-01
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WRIGHT, David James appointed
director
2021-02-06
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MORRISON, Moira resigned
director
2021-01-07
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STUART, Edward Chalmers resigned
director
2019-08-25
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CARSON, David Allan resigned
director
2019-08-25
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LAING, Peter resigned
director
2018-05-27
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LLOYD, David Arthur Edward resigned
director
2018-03-11
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CAMERON, Charles appointed
director
2018-03-11
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MORRISON, Kathryn Moira resigned
director
2018-03-11
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MORRISON, Moira appointed
director
2017-08-27
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MACBEATH, Stephen resigned
director
2015-09-11
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SIM, David Russell resigned
director
2014-11-14
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CARSON, David Allan appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 104 events

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

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

Evidence: BARRIE, Robert Ian resigned 2025-09-22; MCDIARMID, Jane Ann resigned 2025-09-22; MEARNS, Charles Edward Stuart resigned 2026-01-12

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-03-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

59a Land Street

Keith

Banffshire

AB55 5AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19