GLENFINNAN STATION MUSEUM LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC310896 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-05
Average employees3

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-17
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    MACLEOD & MACCALLUM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2016-05-17
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    MACLEOD & MACCALLUM resigned
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2016-05-17
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-05-17
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    officers · AP04
  16. 2015-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-03-14
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    HERNAES, Hege appointed
    director
  19. 2007-03-14
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    RIVETT, Gerald Francis appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-14
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    SHUTTLEWORTH, James Ashton appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-14
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    MACFARLANE, Iain Tearlach resigned
    director
  22. 2006-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENFINNAN STATION MUSEUM LTD
  23. 2006-10-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-10-24
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-10-24
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    MACLEOD & MACCALLUM appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-10-24
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    MACFARLANE, Iain Tearlach appointed
    director
  27. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2006-10-24
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    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Glenfinnan Station Museum Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Glenfinnan Station Museum Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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GLENFINNAN STATION MUSEUM LTD
This company · SC310896

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Glenfinnan Station Museum Trust
Corporate entity
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

28 Queensgate
Inverness
IV1 1YN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MACLEOD & MACCALLUM LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HERNAES, Hege→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIVETT, Gerald Francis→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHUTTLEWORTH, James Ashton→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned
MACLEOD & MACCALLUM→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2016-05-17
Resigned
MACFARLANE, Iain Tearlach→
director · ~95y · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19