EAST NEUK CENTRE TRUST
🌳Matureactive
SC383368 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-08-09
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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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 90020Support activities to performing arts
- 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
22 officers (9 active, 22 linked, 21 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-12➖COLES, Lisa Mary Gwyneth resigneddirector
- 2023-05-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-01➕HAY, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2023-04-28➕DILLON, Sean Frazer appointeddirector
- 2023-04-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-27➕KERRIGAN, Mairi Margaret appointeddirector
- 2023-04-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-21➖TURNBULL, Penny, Dr resigneddirector
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-06📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2022-05-06📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-28➖FOX, Katherine resigneddirector
- 2022-04-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-26➖SPIERS, Rupert resigneddirector
- 2022-04-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01➕FOX, Katherine appointeddirector
- 2021-12-01➕SPIERS, Rupert appointeddirector
- 2021-12-01➕TURNBULL, Penny, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-05-29➖JAMES, Donna resigneddirector
- 2020-12-24➕GAY, Susan appointeddirector
- 2020-12-24➕JAMES, Donna appointeddirector
- 2020-10-01➖HAY, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2020-06-30➖WEMYSS, Richard Paul resigneddirector
- 2020-02-20➖BRAND, Irene resigneddirector
- 2020-02-20➕COLES, Lisa Mary Gwyneth appointeddirector
- 2019-09-01➕BROWN, Lindsey appointeddirector
- 2019-09-01➕PORTEOUS, William (Bill) appointeddirector
- 2019-09-01➕WEMYSS, Richard Paul appointeddirector
- 2017-08-20➖GALLAGHER, Jennifer resigneddirector
- 2017-08-20➖RICHES, Janet Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2016-09-01➕SORLEY, Gail Sloan appointeddirector
- 2015-08-02➖COLES, Mary Gwyneth resigneddirector
- 2015-02-27➕GALLAGHER, Jennifer appointeddirector
- 2015-01-06➕HAY, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2014-10-31➕BRAND, Irene appointeddirector
- 2014-10-01➕RICHES, Janet Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2014-09-27➖MOWBRAY, Tracey Anne resigneddirector
- 2014-08-01➖HENDERSON, Samantha Jane resigneddirector
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Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2010-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education
Registered office
East Neuk Centre
Lady Walk
Anstruther
Fife
KY10 3EX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (9 active · 13 resigned)
Active
BROWN, Lindsey→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2019-09-01
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DIBLEY, Martin, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-08-09
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DILLON, Sean Frazer→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2023-04-28
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Active
HAY, Alexander→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2023-05-01
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KERRIGAN, Mairi Margaret→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2023-04-27
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PORTEOUS, William (Bill)→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-09-01
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SORLEY, Gail Sloan→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2016-09-01
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BRAND, Irene→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2014-10-31 · resigned 2020-02-20
COLES, Lisa Mary Gwyneth→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-02-20 · resigned 2023-07-12
COLES, Mary Gwyneth→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2013-07-28 · resigned 2015-08-02
FOX, Katherine→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2022-04-28
GALLAGHER, Jennifer→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2015-02-27 · resigned 2017-08-20
HAY, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2015-01-06 · resigned 2020-10-01
HENDERSON, Samantha Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-08-09 · resigned 2014-08-01
JAMES, Donna→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-12-24 · resigned 2021-05-29
MOWBRAY, Tracey Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-08-09 · resigned 2014-09-27
RICHES, Janet Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2017-08-20
SPIERS, Rupert→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2022-04-26
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Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-06
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-05-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-05-06