ARECIBO - SEARCHING FOR STARS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC490049 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-29
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
45 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-25 | 2023-09-25 |
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| Average employees | 300 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-09-26📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-07📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-10-07📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-04-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-11-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-03-13➕GILLIES, Iain appointeddirector
- 2015-03-13➕SMITH, Gerard Henry appointeddirector
- 2015-03-13➖DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-03-13➖GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell resigneddirector
- 2014-10-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ARECIBO - SEARCHING FOR STARS LIMITED
- 2014-10-29➕DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2014-10-29➕GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Monument Leisure Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Monument Leisure Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ARECIBO - SEARCHING FOR STARS LIMITED
This company · SC490049
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Monument Leisure Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Monument Leisure Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Monument Leisure Holdings Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
3 Clairmont Gardens
Glasgow
G3 7LW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last made up to: 2024-09-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
GILLIES, Iain→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Gerard Henry→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2015-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-29 · resigned 2015-03-13
GILCHRIST, Ewan Caldwell→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2014-10-29 · resigned 2015-03-13
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-07
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-25