UPPER NITHSDALE ARTS & CRAFTS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC264187 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-03-01

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

39 officers (10 active, 39 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

117 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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officers · TM01
2026-04-28
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SLOAN, Kathleen Mary resigned
director
2026-01-08
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accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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officers · AP01
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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officers · AP01
2024-12-04
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officers · TM01
2024-11-27
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BLACK, Greg, Dr appointed
director
2024-11-27
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TENNANT, Colin James appointed
director
2024-11-27
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URQUHART, Sheridon Lee resigned
director
2023-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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officers · TM01
2023-06-21
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MARSHALL, Kimberley Anne Reade resigned
director
2023-01-31
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officers · AP01
2023-01-25
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MARSHALL, Kimberley Anne Reade appointed
director
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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officers · TM01
2020-11-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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officers · AP01
2019-12-18
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WILLIAMSON, Andrew Mcminn appointed
director
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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MCKENZIE, Nan resigned
director
2018-11-29
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officers · AP01
2018-11-21
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NAJDER, Fiona appointed
director
2018-11-06
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accounts · AA
2017-11-03
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WILSON, Margaret resigned
director
2017-11-02
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BURTON, Diana Rosemary resigned
director
2017-11-02
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MCKENZIE, Nan appointed
director
2017-03-07
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GRACIE, James resigned
director
2016-12-12
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SMITH, David Stuart resigned
director
2016-10-26
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SLOAN, Kathleen Mary appointed
director
2016-05-25
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CROMPTON, Sheila resigned
director
2016-02-24
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COPELAND, Pauline appointed
director
2016-02-09
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CURRAN, Alexander Douglas resigned
director
2016-02-09
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MONNIER, John Anthony resigned
director
2015-10-14
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CURRAN, Alexander Douglas appointed
director
2015-10-14
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MONNIER, John Anthony appointed
director
2015-10-14
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SMITH, David Stuart appointed
director
2015-10-14
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WATTS, Frances Elizabeth resigned
director
2015-06-23
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LAWSON, Joseph Gordon resigned
director
2015-05-28
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URQUHART, Sheridon Lee appointed
director
2014-10-02
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WATTS, Frances Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-09-30
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BONN, Allan Gareth resigned
director
2014-07-30
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BURTON, Diana Rosemary appointed
director
2014-06-09
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DICKEY, Julienne Claire resigned
director
2014-03-27
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LAWSON, Joseph Gordon appointed
director
2013-09-26
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GRACIE, James appointed
director
2013-07-29
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HUTCHISTON, David Kenneth resigned
director
2012-10-19
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HUTCHISTON, David Kenneth 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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

Incorporated2004-03-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

61 High Street

Sanquhar

Dumfriesshire

DG4 6UT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01