DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY

🌳Matureactive

SC298278 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-03-07

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (8 active, 19 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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2026-02-13
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2026-02-05
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ESWARAN, Revathi appointed
director
2026-02-05
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SCOTT, Fraser Lauder appointed
director
2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-11-03
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ROGERSON, Cynthia Addison appointed
director
2025-10-13
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officers · AP01
2025-10-13
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2025-10-13
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officers · TM01
2025-10-13
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officers · TM01
2025-10-09
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BLACK, Kathleen appointed
director
2025-10-09
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MACNEIL, Catherine Anne appointed
director
2025-10-09
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CRAN, Angela Margaret resigned
director
2025-10-09
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FEARNE, Nicholas Ellis resigned
director
2025-05-13
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officers · TM01
2025-04-08
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SMART, Stephanie Elaine resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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officers · AP01
2022-09-01
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officers · AP01
2022-08-31
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MACINNES, Duncan appointed
director
2022-08-31
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SMITH, Keira Marie appointed
director
2022-04-18
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CRAN, Angela Margaret appointed
director
2022-04-18
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officers · AP01
2022-03-17
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officers · TM01
2022-03-14
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DUNCAN, Calum Iain resigned
director
2022-03-12
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officers · TM01
2022-03-11
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BRUCE, Andrew Roderick Maclean resigned
director
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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officers · TM01
2018-10-31
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NICOL, Hugh Alan resigned
director
2018-10-01
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FEARNE, Nicholas Ellis appointed
director
2018-10-01
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SMART, Stephanie Elaine appointed
director
2017-11-14
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BRUCE, Lorraine resigned
director
2015-12-02
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BRUCE, Andrew Roderick Maclean appointed
director
2015-12-02
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BRUCE, Lorraine appointed
director
2014-01-20
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MACRAE, Donna Isobel resigned
director
2012-08-28
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MARRS, Anne-Louise, Ms. resigned
director
2010-11-29
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MACLEOD, Anne Colleen, Dr resigned
director
2010-03-18
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DUNCAN, Calum Iain appointed
director
2010-03-07
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MACNEIL, Catherine Anne resigned
secretary
2009-09-17
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MACRAE, Donna Isobel appointed
director
2007-04-29
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MARRS, Anne-Louise, Ms. appointed
director
2006-03-07
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Company incorporated
As DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY
2006-03-07
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SPENCE, Brian William appointed
director
2006-03-07
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MACNEIL, Catherine Anne appointed
secretary
2006-03-07
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MACLEOD, Anne Colleen, Dr appointed
director
2006-03-07
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NICOL, Hugh Alan appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CRAN, Angela Margaret resigned 2025-10-09; FEARNE, Nicholas Ellis resigned 2025-10-09

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Mackenzie Kerr Ca Redwood

19 Culduthel Road

Inverness

Inverness-Shire

IV2 4AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07