THE SCOTTISH VINTAGE TRACTOR AND ENGINE CLUB

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SC178751 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1997-09-11

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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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

62 officers (16 active, 62 linked, 56 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

220 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (127 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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2025-11-19
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2025-11-06
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BLAIR, Alan resigned
director
2025-06-04
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accounts · AA
2025-01-06
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2024-12-29
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BROWN, James Wemyss Robertson resigned
director
2024-05-07
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2024-01-23
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2024-01-23
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2024-01-18
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BROWN, Elizabeth Joy resigned
director
2024-01-18
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HEEPS, Calum resigned
director
2023-10-09
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2023-09-30
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RAMSAY, Martha Longmuir resigned
director
2023-04-14
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2023-02-15
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2023-02-15
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2023-01-19
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HEEPS, Barbara Flora Strathearn appointed
director
2023-01-19
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RAMSAY, John resigned
director
2022-07-07
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2021-07-19
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2021-07-05
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2021-06-30
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COWIE, Ian Joseph resigned
director
2021-03-16
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address · AD01
2020-06-05
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2019-06-20
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2019-06-20
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2019-05-13
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MCDOWALL, Elizabeth Jane appointed
secretary
2019-05-13
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COWIE, Ian Joseph resigned
secretary
2018-04-04
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SMALL, Ian Arthur resigned
director
2018-01-18
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GOW, Michael Ross appointed
director
2018-01-18
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HEEPS, Calum appointed
director
2017-02-16
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KENNARD, Hubert John resigned
director
2017-02-16
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LEGGAT, John Alexander resigned
director
2016-01-21
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HEEPS, Duncan Reid appointed
director
2016-01-21
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NAIRN, Rianne Caroline appointed
director
2016-01-21
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MCNICOLL, Alexander Douglas resigned
director
2016-01-21
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MCNICOLL, Muriel resigned
director
2014-01-16
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DAVIDSON, Alexander Rattray appointed
director
2014-01-16
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URQUHART, Myra Anne Gail appointed
director
2014-01-16
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KENNARD, Hubert John appointed
director
2014-01-16
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SMALL, Ian Arthur appointed
director
2013-12-16
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MUNRO, Frank resigned
director
2013-10-25
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GOODFELLOW, Ian Alexander appointed
director
2013-09-16
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SANGSTER, Alistair William resigned
director
2013-08-29
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BARNETT, David Campbell resigned
director
2013-04-10
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TODD, Alexander Maxwell resigned
director
2012-11-06
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SMITH, Thomas Gordon resigned
director
2012-08-13
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GALLOWAY, Robert Lachlan resigned
director
2012-01-19
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WILLIAMSON, Angela Maria resigned
director
2011-11-02
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KEANE, Doreen appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-15 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Incorporated1997-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Dashwood Square

Newton Stewart

Dumfries & Galloway

DG8 6EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01