CELEBRATIONS (TURRIFF) LIMITED

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SC189045 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-07
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.46M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,461,719
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,976 YoY
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£824k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£4.5m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↓ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£894k£1.8m£2.7m£3.6m£4.5mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£4.51M£4.57M
Current assets£2.18M£2.39M
Cash£823.6k£1.10M
Debtors£497.1k£452.5k
Net assets£4.46M£4.47M

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

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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  4. 2022-08-15
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  6. 2020-07-27
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  7. 2019-08-30
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  8. 2018-08-07
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  9. 2018-02-05
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  10. 2018-02-05
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  11. 2018-01-06
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    STEPHEN, Andrew Michael Duthie resigned
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  12. 2017-08-30
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  13. 2016-10-06
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  14. 2015-10-21
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  15. 2015-09-10
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  16. 2014-09-30
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  17. 2000-12-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cenpac (Ais) Limited
  18. 1999-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 1998-11-25
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    STEPHEN, Robert Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 1998-11-06
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    MIDDLETON, Linda Jean appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-11-06
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    MIDDLETON, Linda Jean appointed
    director
  22. 1998-11-06
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    STEPHEN, Mary Helen appointed
    director
  23. 1998-09-23
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-09-23
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1998-09-23
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    STEPHEN, Andrew Michael Duthie appointed
    director
  26. 1998-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CELEBRATIONS (TURRIFF) LIMITED
  27. 1998-09-07
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-09-07
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Andrew Stephen
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Jean Middleton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Michael Duthie Stephenceased 06/01/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1998-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Speymuir
3 Victoria Street
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 4RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MIDDLETON, Linda Jean→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-06
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MIDDLETON, Linda Jean→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-11-06
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Active
STEPHEN, Mary Helen→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-11-06
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Active
STEPHEN, Robert Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-11-25
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-07 · resigned 1998-09-23
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-09-07 · resigned 1998-09-23
Resigned
STEPHEN, Andrew Michael Duthie→
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-09-23 · resigned 2018-01-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cenpac (Ais)
Cenpac (Ais) Limited
Standard security1 property11/12/2000—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property20/01/1999—
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
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2025-07-21
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2024-10-08
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2024-07-17
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2023-07-20
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2023-07-14
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2022-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
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2021-08-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
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accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
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accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-03