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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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 8.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.3 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	6	500

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-05
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capital · SH08
2022-05-05
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capital · SH10
2022-02-16
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mortgage · MR04
2022-02-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-01-10
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Paragon Technology Finance Limited
2016-09-01
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EGLINTON, Mairi Ann appointed
director
2014-12-18
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EGLINTON, David appointed
director
1991-02-21
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Company incorporated
As STORY AND STAGE LIMITED
1991-02-21
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EGLINTON, Isabella appointed
secretary
1991-02-21
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EGLINTON, Isabella appointed
director
1991-02-21
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EGLINTON, James Perman appointed
director
1991-02-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-02-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-02-21
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1991-02-21
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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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Eglinton Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/09/2016

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