103 PORTLAND LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC474865 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-09
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
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-13
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  3. 2023-09-12
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  4. 2022-08-26
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  5. 2022-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-03
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  15. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 103 PORTLAND LTD
  18. 2014-04-09
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    DORE, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2014-04-09
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    DORE, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2014-04-09
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    DORE, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Joseph Dore
Individual · British · DOB 03/1934 · age 92
50–75%
—50-75% shares10/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

103 Portland Avenue
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA12 8NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-23
Last: 2025-04-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DORE, Michael Joseph→
director · ~92y · appointed 2014-04-09
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DORE, Michael Joseph→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-04-09
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Active
DORE, William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-04-09
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-12-18