ALHAMBRA THEATRE LIMITED

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SC352227 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£702.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £702,799
Cash YoY
+123%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.3m
↑ 123% YoY
Net Worth
£703k
↑ 116% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↑ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£382k£765k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.14M£1.37M
Current assets£1.91M£1.16M
Cash£1.31M£587.1k
Debtors£590.4k£561.9k
Net assets£702.8k£325.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-26
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  3. 2024-09-29
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  4. 2023-09-29
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  5. 2022-09-30
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  6. 2021-09-30
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  7. 2020-09-14
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  8. 2020-06-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2020-06-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  10. 2019-09-30
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  11. 2018-10-04
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  12. 2018-04-18
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-04-18
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-04-10
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    DICKSON, Gavin resigned
    director
  15. 2018-04-09
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    FLETCHER, Simon John appointed
    director
  16. 2017-10-05
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  17. 2016-10-04
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  18. 2015-12-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2013-12-01
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    DICKSON, Gavin appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-19
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    CONDIE, Alan David resigned
    director
  21. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    ROSS, Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-01
    ➖
    ROSS, Ian resigned
    director
  23. 2010-11-01
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    CONDIE, Alan David appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-01
    ➖
    WRIGHT, William Iain resigned
    director
  25. 2009-05-11
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    KELLY, Patrick resigned
    director
  26. 2008-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALHAMBRA THEATRE LIMITED
  27. 2008-12-08
    ➕
    FLETCHER, William John appointed
    director
  28. 2008-12-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2008-12-08
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2008-12-08
    ➕
    KELLY, Patrick appointed
    director
  31. 2008-12-08
    ➕
    WRIGHT, William Iain appointed
    director

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Alhambra Theatre Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alhambra Theatre Trust
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALHAMBRA THEATRE LIMITED
This company · SC352227

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alhambra Theatre Trust
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

2 Belford Road
Edinburgh
EH4 3BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FLETCHER, Simon John→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLETCHER, William John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-12-08 · resigned 2008-12-08
Resigned
CONDIE, Alan David→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-11-01 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned
DICKSON, Gavin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2018-04-10
Resigned
KELLY, Patrick→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-12-08 · resigned 2009-05-11
Resigned
ROSS, Ian→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned
WRIGHT, William Iain→
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-12-08 · resigned 2010-11-01
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 (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—26/06/2020—
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Recent filings (50 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19