THE SCOTTISH FIDDLE ORCHESTRA

🌳Matureactive

SC310900 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-10-24

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

40 officers (14 active, 40 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

127 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

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NELSON, June appointed
director
2025-03-16
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STEVEN, Yla Lesley resigned
director
2024-09-20
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DAVIDSON, Alexander Andrew resigned
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2023-11-06
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2023-09-27
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2023-05-31
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MCLEAN, Alister Angus resigned
director
2022-10-25
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2022-10-23
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SMITH, Aileen Margaret appointed
director
2022-09-27
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2022-09-11
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CARRIE, Julie appointed
director
2021-09-28
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2021-09-21
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2021-08-25
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WINN, Caroline Jane resigned
director
2021-07-12
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WALLACE, John resigned
director
2019-11-17
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STEVEN, Yla Lesley appointed
director
2019-11-10
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NORMAN, Louise May appointed
director
2019-10-05
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COOK, William Lynn resigned
director
2019-08-11
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LANGLANDS, Robert appointed
director
2019-08-11
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KERR, James Hair resigned
director
2019-03-24
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BRODLIE, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2019-03-24
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DOCHERTY, Susan Carmichael appointed
director
2019-03-24
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MASON, James Muir Angel appointed
director
2019-03-24
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DAVIDSON, Alexander Andrew appointed
director
2018-08-05
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BRODLIE, James Gilmour resigned
director
2018-05-21
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SMITH, Douglas resigned
director
2017-08-04
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SMITH, Campbell Wheldon resigned
director
2016-02-28
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DIAMENT, Robert Hugh appointed
director
2016-02-28
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SMITH, Douglas appointed
director
2015-11-03
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CLARK, Robert resigned
director
2015-07-27
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BROWN, Graham James resigned
director
2015-05-10
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BRODLIE, James Gilmour appointed
director
2015-01-18
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KERR, James Hair appointed
director
2015-01-18
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LONGMUIR, Ruth resigned
director
2015-01-18
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WALLACE, John appointed
director
2014-12-14
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LUNT, David Anthony resigned
director
2014-11-04
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DONLEVY, Susan Elizabeth 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

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-10-24

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

36 West Portland Street

Troon

KA10 6AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24