SCOTTISH ARCHIVE NETWORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC186412 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-06-04

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Archives activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

25 officers (7 active, 25 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

123 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30
Average employees	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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand

2025-06-10
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officers · TM02
2025-06-01
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J & H MITCHELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-03-24
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accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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officers · TM01
2024-06-05
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MCINTYRE, Neil, Dr resigned
director
2024-04-15
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-06-08
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officers · CH01
2022-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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officers · AP01
2021-06-10
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officers · AP01
2021-05-14
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MOOHAN, Elaine, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-14
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MCINTYRE, Neil, Dr appointed
director
2021-02-24
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-06-10
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officers · TM01
2020-02-14
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GREEN, Thomas Mathew resigned
director
2020-02-14
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accounts · AA
2019-06-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2018-03-14
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accounts · AA
2017-05-24
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PATON, Christopher Mark resigned
director
2015-05-15
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BROWN, Caroline appointed
director
2015-05-15
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RICHMOND, Lesley Marion resigned
director
2013-10-22
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TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2013-05-17
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HART, Rachel Margaret appointed
director
2013-05-17
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GREEN, Thomas Mathew appointed
director
2013-05-17
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PATON, Christopher Mark appointed
director
2012-08-03
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MACKENZIE, George Paterson resigned
director
2012-08-03
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MILDREN, Robert Gerald James resigned
director
2010-10-24
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J & H MITCHELL WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-06-02
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CAIRNS, John William, Professor appointed
director
2010-05-28
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MACQUEEN, Hector Lewis, Professor resigned
director
2009-11-24
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BORTHWICK, Alan Richard, Dr appointed
director
2009-01-31
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ANDERSON, Peter David, Doctor resigned
director
2008-02-29
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DALYELL, Kathleen resigned
director
2008-02-29
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RICHMOND, Lesley Marion appointed
director
2002-04-23
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MACQUEEN, Hector Lewis, Professor appointed
director
2002-04-23
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WEBSTER, Janice Helen resigned
director
2001-04-23
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ANDERSON, Peter David, Doctor appointed
director
2001-04-23
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BARNES, Ishbel Catherine Margaret resigned
director
2001-04-23
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CADELL, Patrick Moubray resigned
director
2001-04-23
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MACKENZIE, George Paterson appointed
director
2000-02-14
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DITCHBURN, David, Doctor appointed
director
2000-02-14
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O'BRIEN, Irene, Dr appointed
director
2000-01-13
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SMOUT, Thomas Christopher, Professor resigned
director
2000-01-13
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WILSON, Arnott resigned
director
1998-06-18
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BARNES, Ishbel Catherine Margaret appointed
director
1998-06-18
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CADELL, Patrick Moubray appointed
director
1998-06-18
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DALYELL, Kathleen 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Incorporated1998-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91012 — Archives activities

Registered office

51 Atholl Road

Pitlochry

Perthshire

PH16 5BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-18

Last: 2025-06-04