ATLANTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261172 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-22
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
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,065

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£213£426£639£852£1kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.1k£909
Net assets£1.1k£909

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-30
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  3. 2023-10-15
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2022-09-10
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-09-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-08-24
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    DUNLOP, Lesley Jane appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-24
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    SAUNDERS, James resigned
    director
  11. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-16
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  13. 2019-09-28
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  14. 2018-09-27
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  15. 2017-09-30
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  16. 2017-01-05
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-01
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    MCGREGOR, Gillian resigned
    director
  19. 2012-01-18
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    COWE, Sandra Macpherson resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    MCGREGOR, Gillian appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLANTA LIMITED
  22. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    DUNLOP, Robert Wilson appointed
    director
  23. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    COWE, Sandra Macpherson appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-12-22
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Robert Wilson Dunlop
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Saundersceased 24/08/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-12-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

4 Garnock Road
Stevenston
KA20 3BA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DUNLOP, Lesley Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNLOP, Robert Wilson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWE, Sandra Macpherson→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2012-01-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2003-12-22
Resigned
MCGREGOR, Gillian→
director · ~37y · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2016-05-01
Resigned
SAUNDERS, James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2022-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-02