NEW TOWN CONCERTS SOCIETY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC049169 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1971-09-09
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    HOME, James Douglas resigned
    director
  2. 2026-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-08
    ➖
    INNES, John Alexander Davidson resigned
    director
  10. 2022-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-02-02
    ➕
    MCNEILL, James Walker appointed
    director
  17. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-05-31
    ➖
    BERRY, William resigned
    director
  20. 2016-08-02
    ➖
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-04-22
    ➕
    PRITCHETT-BROWN, Nichola Martine appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-16
    ➕
    HOME, James Douglas appointed
    director
  23. 2008-03-17
    ➖
    HOGEL, Carol Colburn resigned
    director
  24. 2006-03-29
    ➕
    ELLISON, Rosemary Elizabeth Havelock appointed
    director
  25. 2005-12-02
    ➖
    MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2005-11-10
    ➕
    TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-12-13
    ➖
    GARDEN, Kenneth John resigned
    director
  28. 1997-04-02
    ➕
    HOGEL, Carol Colburn appointed
    director
  29. 1997-01-27
    ➖
    TURLEY, Pamela Morvern resigned
    director
  30. 1992-03-16
    ➕
    BURNSIDE, Graham Mathieson appointed
    director
  31. 1992-03-16
    ➖
    HARRIS, Andrew Laurence resigned
    director
  32. 1971-09-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NEW TOWN CONCERTS SOCIETY LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1971-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

C/O Geoghegans Chartered Accountants
6 St. Colme Street
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 6AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

BURNSIDE, Graham Mathieson→
director · ~72y · appointed 1992-03-16
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Active
ELLISON, Rosemary Elizabeth Havelock→
director · ~86y · appointed 2006-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCNEILL, James Walker→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRITCHETT-BROWN, Nichola Martine→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY BEITH MURRAY WS→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2005-12-02
Resigned
TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-10 · resigned 2016-08-02
Resigned
BERRY, William→
director · ~87y · resigned 2017-05-31
Resigned
GARDEN, Kenneth John→
director · ~91y · resigned 1999-12-13
Resigned
HARRIS, Andrew Laurence→
director · ~87y · resigned 1992-03-16
Resigned
HOGEL, Carol Colburn→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 2008-03-17
Resigned
HOME, James Douglas→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-04-16 · resigned 2026-01-05
Resigned
INNES, John Alexander Davidson→
director · ~86y · resigned 2022-11-08
Resigned
TURLEY, Pamela Morvern→
director · ~78y · resigned 1997-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01