THE BIGGAR ALBION FOUNDATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC214838 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-01-17

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 steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£462.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Archives activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91020Museum activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

32 officers (10 active, 32 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £462,682

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£55k

Net Worth

£463k

Current Assets

£60k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£463.3k
Current assets	£60.4k
Cash	£55.4k
Debtors	£2.7k
Net assets	£462.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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officers · AP01
2025-11-02
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officers · AP01
2025-10-19
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AFFLECK, Ian George appointed
director
2025-10-19
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SIBBALD, David Drummond appointed
director
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-22
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mortgage · MR04
2024-10-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-10-20
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DODS, Jennifer Mcdonald appointed
director
2024-08-29
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officers · AP01
2024-08-26
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HUFFER, Jonathan Paul appointed
director
2024-07-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-25
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officers · AP03
2024-07-25
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officers · TM02
2024-07-21
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FLEMING, Malcolm appointed
secretary
2024-07-21
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FLEMING, Malcolm appointed
director
2024-07-21
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MCGHIE, Coleenjane resigned
secretary
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-08
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FLEMING, Malcolm Gilchrist resigned
director
2023-02-02
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-14
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HAMILTON, John Mckendrick resigned
director
2023-01-14
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MAXWELL, Henrietta Kennedy resigned
director
2022-04-20
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officers · AP01
2022-04-10
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PATE, Alastair Iain appointed
director
2020-10-01
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MARSHALL, Peter Gavin resigned
director
2020-01-06
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MORTON, Alan John resigned
director
2019-10-27
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DUNCAN, Blane resigned
director
2019-10-27
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FLEMING, Malcolm Gilchrist appointed
director
2019-06-29
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FARRALL, Mark William resigned
director
2018-01-07
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MARSHALL, Peter Gavin appointed
director
2016-10-23
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FARRALL, Mark William appointed
director
2016-09-01
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MCGHIE, Coleenjane appointed
director
2015-05-05
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WHITE, Maurice Leslie resigned
director
2014-12-14
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CLARKSON, Alexander Noble resigned
director
2012-12-02
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MCGHIE, Coleenjane appointed
secretary
2012-12-02
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MOSS, Ellen resigned
secretary
2012-12-02
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DUNCAN, Blane appointed
director
2012-11-02
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MORTON, Alan John appointed
director
2011-03-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Robert Wilson Menzies Durward
2010-01-08
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WATSON, Walter Noble resigned
director
2009-06-30
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JONES, Peter Franklyn resigned
director
2009-06-23
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ADAMS, Paul Philip resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-01-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91012 — Archives activities

Registered office

19 North Back Road

Biggar

ML12 6EJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last: 2026-01-17