WICK PLAYERS

🌳Matureactive

SC258114 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-10-23

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 2025

Net worth

£61.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

50 officers (15 active, 50 linked, 44 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

164 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 £61,156

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,651 YoY

Cash YoY

-18%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£27k

↓ 18% YoY

Net Worth

£61k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£62.3k	£72.2k
Cash	£27.2k	£33.1k
Net assets	£61.2k	£70.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (109 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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DUFFUS, Angela Joyce appointed
director
2025-10-08
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MACKAY, Kieran Gordon appointed
director
2025-10-08
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SUTHERLAND, Emma Robina appointed
director
2025-10-08
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GUNN, Abbie Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-06-04
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2024-11-27
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DUNNET, Jasmine Brooke appointed
director
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2024-09-25
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BRUCE, Allan resigned
director
2024-06-12
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GUNN, Abbie Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-05-04
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SZYFELBAIN, Steven Alexander resigned
director
2022-01-12
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BANKS, Sam appointed
director
2021-11-11
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ALEXANDER, Gina Nikki Susan appointed
director
2021-11-11
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BRUCE, Margaret Bain appointed
director
2021-11-11
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GUNN, Kirstin appointed
director
2021-11-11
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COOPER, Raymond resigned
director
2021-11-11
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DAVIDSON, Kelly resigned
director
2021-11-11
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MACLEOD, Tracey resigned
director
2021-11-11
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SMITH, Richard resigned
director
2019-10-31
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SZYFELBAIN, Maura resigned
director
2019-10-31
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SZYFELBAIN, Steven Alexander appointed
director
2019-10-30
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MACLEOD, Dawn Christeen appointed
director
2019-05-31
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MACKAY, Karen resigned
director
2019-05-30
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ALEXANDER, Jayden William appointed
secretary
2019-05-30
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SZYFELBAIN, Maura resigned
secretary
2018-10-30
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ALEXANDER, Jayden William appointed
director
2018-10-30
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SZYFELBAIN, Maura appointed
secretary
2018-10-30
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SZYFELBAIN, Steven resigned
secretary
2018-10-30
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BREMNER, Avril resigned
director
2018-10-30
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MACLEOD, Tracey 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

Incorporated2003-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Moray Street Drama Centre

14/14a Moray Street

Wick

Caithness

KW1 5QF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21