BARON COURTS OF PRESTOUNGRANGE & DOLPHINSTOUN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC231069 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-05-02
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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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  2. 2024-10-10
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  3. 2023-08-17
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  4. 2022-11-16
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  5. 2022-02-24
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  6. 2022-02-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-11-29
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  8. 2020-08-19
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  9. 2019-11-08
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  10. 2019-01-23
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  11. 2018-02-12
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  12. 2017-02-14
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  13. 2016-05-16
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  14. 2016-03-02
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  15. 2015-05-20
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  16. 2015-02-05
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  17. 2011-04-30
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    WILLS YR OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Mathew Jonathan Clifford resigned
    director
  18. 2002-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BARON COURTS OF PRESTOUNGRANGE & DOLPHINSTOUN LIMITED
  19. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    PORTER, Sylvia Jean appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    BARON OF PRESTOUNRANGE, Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-02
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    WILLS, Julian Gawain Clifford, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2002-05-02
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    WILLS, LADY OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Avril Barbara, Lady appointed
    director
  23. 2002-05-02
    ➕
    WILLS YR OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Mathew Jonathan Clifford appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sylvia Jean Porter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest01/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sylvia Porterceased 24/02/2022· 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
Incorporated2002-05-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

229 High Street
Prestonpans
East Lothian
EH32 9BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

PORTER, Sylvia Jean→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-02
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Active
BARON OF PRESTOUNRANGE, Gordon Stanley Clifford Park Wills→
director · ~89y · appointed 2002-05-02
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Active
WILLS, Julian Gawain Clifford, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-05-02
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Active
WILLS, LADY OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Avril Barbara, Lady→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-05-02
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Active
WILLS YR OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Mathew Jonathan Clifford→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2011-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08