STORY AND STAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC130178 · ltd · incorporated 1991-02-21
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 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
96 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees6500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-09-25
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2022-05-05
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2022-05-05
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2022-02-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2022-02-16
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2022-01-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Technology Finance Limited
  20. 2016-09-01
    ➕
    EGLINTON, Mairi Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2014-12-18
    ➕
    EGLINTON, David appointed
    director
  22. 1991-02-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STORY AND STAGE LIMITED
  23. 1991-02-21
    ➕
    EGLINTON, Isabella appointed
    secretary
  24. 1991-02-21
    ➕
    EGLINTON, Isabella appointed
    director
  25. 1991-02-21
    ➕
    EGLINTON, James Perman appointed
    director
  26. 1991-02-21
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1991-02-21
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1991-02-21
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1991-02-21
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Eglinton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated1991-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

Redwood
19 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV2 4AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

EGLINTON, Isabella→
secretary · appointed 1991-02-21
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Active
EGLINTON, David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-12-18
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Active
EGLINTON, Isabella→
director · ~75y · appointed 1991-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EGLINTON, James Perman→
director · ~80y · appointed 1991-02-21
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Active
EGLINTON, Mairi Ann→
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-09-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1991-02-21
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1991-02-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Paragon
Paragon Technology Finance Limited
A registered charge—13/03/201816/02/2022

Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-05-05
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22