ORKNEY VINTAGE CLUB

🌳Matureactive

SC244947 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-03-03

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

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£25.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

55 officers (12 active, 55 linked, 52 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

150 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £25,733

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£26k

Net Worth

£26k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£25.7k
Cash	£25.7k
Net assets	£25.7k

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

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2 signals 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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (119 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-12-04
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2024-10-01
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WILSON, Guy Peter appointed
director
2024-10-01
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GORN, Richard resigned
director
2024-10-01
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SPENCE, Ross resigned
director
2024-09-17
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WORK, David John appointed
director
2024-03-29
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2024-03-25
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2024-03-19
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2024-03-19
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2023-12-08
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2023-10-13
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BAIN, Scott appointed
director
2023-10-13
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TAYLOR, Susan appointed
director
2023-10-13
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FIRTH, Lynda Muriel resigned
director
2023-10-13
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SINCLAIR, Greig Alexander resigned
director
2022-11-11
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2022-10-25
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AITKEN, Douglas Alexander appointed
director
2022-10-25
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DOULL, Ryan appointed
director
2022-10-25
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STEVENSON, William Papley resigned
secretary
2022-10-25
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FOSTER, Jacob George resigned
director
2022-10-25
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SPENCE, Ross appointed
director
2022-10-25
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STEVENSON, William Papley resigned
director
2022-09-15
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2021-11-03
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2021-11-03
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2021-10-27
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BUDGE, Hayley Sarah-Jane appointed
director
2021-10-27
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FOSTER, Jacob George appointed
director
2021-10-27
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HOURIE, Cathleen Alice resigned
director
2020-11-17
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FULCHER, Jonathon resigned
director
2020-11-17
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SHEARER, David Michael resigned
director
2020-11-16
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SINCLAIR, Greig Alexander appointed
director
2020-02-23
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RITCH, Magnus resigned
director
2018-10-30
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DICKINSON, Ian appointed
director
2018-10-30
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TULLOCH, Jean appointed
director
2018-10-30
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FULCHER, Jonathon appointed
director
2018-10-30
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GORN, Richard appointed
director
2018-10-30
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GRAY, Michael John resigned
director
2018-10-30
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METCALF, Steven resigned
director
2018-10-30
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STALLARD, Ian Stephen resigned
director
2018-10-30
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WAY, Allan resigned
director
2017-10-31
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ROSS, Stephen Donald 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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-03-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Broad Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1NX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03