STAGE HIRE SCOTLAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC337290 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£2.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,003,324
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 6.7% YoY
Net Worth
£2.0m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£401k£801k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£2.35M£1.89M
Current assets£1.75M£1.49M
Cash£1.13M£1.06M
Debtors£617.4k£426.9k
Net assets£2.00M£1.61M

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-06-30
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    MACDONALD, Kevin James appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-02-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-02-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-10-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  17. 2008-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As STAGE HIRE SCOTLAND LTD.
  18. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Jo-Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-02-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-02-06
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

41 Meadowside Street
Renfrew
PA4 8SY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Jo-Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-06
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Active
MACDONALD, Kevin James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-06-30
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Active
SMITH, Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-02-06
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2008-02-06
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2008-02-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property15/10/2008—
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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-10-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-02-24