CREATIVE SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC252122 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-01
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-05-01
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    PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-06-15
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    PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2005-06-15
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    PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2003-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CREATIVE SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  20. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Bryan William appointed
    director
  21. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Emer Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-01
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Bryan Beattie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

No 2 Cottage, Drumderfit Farm
North Kessock
Inverness
IV1 3ZF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BEATTIE, Bryan William→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEATTIE, Emer Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned
PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-15 · resigned 2022-05-01
Resigned
PHILLIP HILLS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2005-06-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-06