ORKNEY WIRELESS MUSEUM

🌳Matureactive

SC288686 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-08-10

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (10 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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accounts · AA
2026-04-16
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officers · AP03
2026-04-15
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HEWITT, Nicholas Ian appointed
secretary
2025-10-07
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HEWITT, Nicholas Ian appointed
director
2025-10-07
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officers · AP01
2025-08-08
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officers · CH01
2025-08-06
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2025-08-06
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2025-08-06
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officers · CH01
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2025-02-05
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officers · CH01
2024-11-28
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officers · TM01
2024-11-26
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DEAN, Janet resigned
director
2024-03-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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TURNER, Stephen John appointed
director
2023-06-20
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DEAN, Janet appointed
director
2023-06-20
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officers · AP01
2023-06-20
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officers · AP01
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-05-05
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officers · CH03
2022-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2020-05-26
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accounts · AA
2019-02-12
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FIRTH, Alexander James resigned
director
2018-12-01
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FODEN, Christine Gibb appointed
director
2018-11-30
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WRIGHT, Alfred William resigned
director
2010-08-27
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GRIEVE, James Robert appointed
director
2010-08-27
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HOLT, Edmund appointed
director
2009-07-31
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STOKES, Peter John appointed
secretary
2009-07-31
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MACDONALD, Peter Mitchell resigned
secretary
2008-09-19
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MACDONALD, James Colin resigned
director
2007-08-10
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FLETT, Arthur William resigned
director
2005-08-10
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Company incorporated
As ORKNEY WIRELESS MUSEUM
2005-08-10
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MACDONALD, Kenneth William appointed
director
2005-08-10
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MACDONALD, Michael Ian appointed
director
2005-08-10
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MACDONALD, Peter Mitchell appointed
director
2005-08-10
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MACDONALD, Peter Mitchell appointed
secretary
2005-08-10
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FIRTH, Alexander James appointed
director
2005-08-10
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FLETT, Arthur William appointed
director
2005-08-10
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MACDONALD, James Colin appointed
director
2005-08-10
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WRIGHT, Alfred William appointed
director

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

-8 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 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ORKNEY FOSSIL & VINTAGE CENTRE→ SC211372 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	83	87y
GABLE END THEATRE CO. LTD.→ SC212235 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	81	76y
HELMSDALE HERITAGE AND ARTS SOCIETY→ SC096873 · est 1986 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	40y	81	71y
ORKNEY RIDING CENTRE→ SC372888 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	81	80y
SUTHERLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW LIMITED→ SC226780 · est 2002	—	—	£231.2k	—	24y	81	81y
FRIENDS OF THE HOY KIRK→ SC253642 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	80	75y
INNESWICK LIMITED→ SC138565 · est 1992	—	—	£1.05M	—	33y	80	80y
THE WICK SOCIETY→ SC261521 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	80	80y
UNIVISITS LIMITED→ SC372609 · est 2010	—	—	—	100	16y	80	63y
CAITHNESS CAR CLUB LIMITED→ SC089777 · est 1984	—	—	£31.9k	—	41y	79	78y
LAMB HOLM ENTERPRISES LIMITED→ SC516508 · est 2015	—	—	£411.8k	—	10y	79	79y
ST. MAGNUS FESTIVAL→ SC073825 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	45y	79	69y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-08-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Kiln Corner

Junction Road

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-24

Last: 2025-08-10