THE FIFE VINTAGE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CLUB

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SC193588 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-02-18

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£22.8k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

56 officers (15 active, 56 linked, 53 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

158 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £22,826

Net assets shrinking

Down £857 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£23k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£23k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£22.8k	£23.7k
Current assets	£23.2k	£24.0k
Net assets	£22.8k	£23.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (118 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2025-12-19
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HAMILTON, Paul resigned
director
2025-03-05
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2025-02-04
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2024-03-05
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2024-02-27
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2024-02-24
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MCKENCHIES, James appointed
director
2024-02-23
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ALLAN, Brian appointed
director
2023-02-23
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2023-01-22
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2023-01-13
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PHILLIPS, Ronald appointed
director
2023-01-12
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ISSAC, Robert appointed
director
2023-01-12
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JACK, Carol appointed
director
2023-01-12
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LORIMER, Douglas appointed
director
2023-01-12
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HAMILTON, Paul appointed
director
2023-01-12
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HARROW, James Garden resigned
director
2023-01-12
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MANN, Alan resigned
director
2023-01-12
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SIMPSON, William resigned
director
2023-01-12
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SMALL, Peter John resigned
director
2023-01-12
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WATSON, Raymond Hugh resigned
director
2022-02-03
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2019-03-01
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BONE, James David resigned
director
2016-02-29
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JORDAN, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2016-02-29
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JORDAN, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2016-02-19
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HUTTON, Isabella Smith resigned
secretary
2016-02-19
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BIRRELL, Robert Young resigned
director
2016-02-19
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HUTTON, Isabella Smith resigned
director
2015-11-29
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BROWN, Robert resigned
director
2015-02-20
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MCLAREN, Brenda Small resigned
director
2015-02-20
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MCLAREN, George Younge resigned
director
2015-02-20
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SMART, Raymond resigned
director
2014-01-01
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BROWN, Albert resigned
director
2012-02-18
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BEATON, Alan resigned
director
2012-02-17
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JACK, James Cameron appointed
director
2012-02-17
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BONE, James David appointed
director
2012-02-17
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BROWN, Robert appointed
director
2012-02-17
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DALL, Fraser resigned
director
2012-02-17
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MANN, Alan 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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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
Mr John Sinski Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/02/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1999-02-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91012 — Archives activities

Registered office

80 Kinloss Park

Cupar

KY15 4ER

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13