FOSSIL CENTRE COMMUNITY CAFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC353461 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-14

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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.

Key financials

2 years 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

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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officers · CH01
2026-02-02
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officers · TM01
2025-12-08
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SIMPSON, James Alexander resigned
director
2025-09-29
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2024-09-18
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2023-09-29
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2022-05-20
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2021-08-20
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accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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officers · TM01
2021-01-28
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ORR, Kay resigned
director
2020-09-24
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2020-09-11
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officers · TM02
2020-09-11
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officers · TM01
2020-06-22
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael resigned
secretary
2020-06-22
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael resigned
director
2019-05-31
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accounts · AA
2019-01-26
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2019-01-26
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2019-01-26
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officers · TM02
2019-01-22
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael appointed
secretary
2019-01-22
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MOYES, Jacklyn resigned
secretary
2019-01-22
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MOYES, Jacklyn Mitchell resigned
director
2018-06-15
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accounts · AA
2018-03-07
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officers · AP01
2018-02-24
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael resigned
secretary
2018-02-24
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MOYES, Jacklyn appointed
secretary
2018-02-24
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MOYES, Jacklyn Mitchell appointed
director
2018-02-24
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ORR, Kay appointed
director
2018-02-24
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SIMPSON, James Alexander appointed
director
2012-11-26
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FEATHERSTONE, Rhoda resigned
director
2012-11-26
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WOMBWELL, Eileen resigned
director
2009-01-14
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Company incorporated
As FOSSIL CENTRE COMMUNITY CAFE LIMITED
2009-01-14
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FIRTH, Maureen Angela appointed
director
2009-01-14
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MONTGOMERY, Mungo appointed
director
2009-01-14
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TAYLOR, John Robert appointed
director
2009-01-14
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael appointed
secretary
2009-01-14
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BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael appointed
director
2009-01-14
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FEATHERSTONE, Rhoda appointed
director
2009-01-14
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WOMBWELL, Eileen appointed
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

Orkney Fossil & Vintage Centre Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Orkney Fossil & Vintage Centre Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FOSSIL CENTRE COMMUNITY CAFE LIMITED

This company · SC353461

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Orkney Fossil & Vintage Centre Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2009-01-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Viewforth

Burray

KW17 2SX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

FIRTH, Maureen Angela→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-01-14

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Active

MONTGOMERY, Mungo→

director · ~81y · appointed 2009-01-14

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Active

TAYLOR, John Robert→

director · ~87y · appointed 2009-01-14

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Active

BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael→

secretary · appointed 2019-01-22 · resigned 2020-06-22

Resigned

BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2018-02-24

Resigned

MOYES, Jacklyn→

secretary · appointed 2018-02-24 · resigned 2019-01-22

Resigned

BAILEY, Tamsin Mishael→

director · ~60y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2020-06-22

Resigned

FEATHERSTONE, Rhoda→

director · ~75y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2012-11-26

Resigned

MOYES, Jacklyn Mitchell→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-02-24 · resigned 2019-01-22

Resigned

ORR, Kay→

director · ~68y · appointed 2018-02-24 · resigned 2021-01-28

Resigned

SIMPSON, James Alexander→

director · ~75y · appointed 2018-02-24 · resigned 2025-12-08

Resigned

WOMBWELL, Eileen→

director · ~72y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2012-11-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-09

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-02-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-24