FINGASK FOLLIES

🌳Matureactive
SC366264 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-09-29
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-13
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  4. 2023-07-12
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-06-30
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    EDINGTON, Douglas resigned
    director
  6. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-20
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-09-20
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-09-08
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    LANG, Chim Choy, Prof appointed
    director
  10. 2022-09-08
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    WRIGHT, Timothy Edward appointed
    director
  11. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-11-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-11-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-07-08
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    HERIOT MAITLAND, Mary Lorne resigned
    director
  17. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2009-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As FINGASK FOLLIES
  22. 2009-09-29
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    THREIPLAND, Andrew Murray appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-09-29
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    INNES, Malcolm Alastair appointed
    director
  24. 2009-09-29
    ➕
    EDINGTON, Douglas appointed
    director
  25. 2009-09-29
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    HERIOT MAITLAND, Mary Lorne 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Alastair Innes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1939 · age 87
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016
Mr Andrew Murray Threipland
Individual · British · DOB 03/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Douglas Edingtonceased 28/09/2023· significant influence
  • Mrs Mary Lorne Heriot Maitlandceased 08/07/2021· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2009-09-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Fingask Castle
Rait
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 7SA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

THREIPLAND, Andrew Murray→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
INNES, Malcolm Alastair→
director · ~87y · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
LANG, Chim Choy, Prof→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-09-08
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Active
WRIGHT, Timothy Edward→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-09-08
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Active
EDINGTON, Douglas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-09-29 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned
HERIOT MAITLAND, Mary Lorne→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-09-29 · resigned 2021-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22