STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC197650 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-30
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£130.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59113Television programme production activities
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 4.0y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 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 £130,584

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£131k
↑ 199% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£131k-£79k-£27k£26k£78k£131kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£12.7k£12.5k
Current assets£12.3k£12.2k
Net assets£130.6k£-131.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-21
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    withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register
    officers · EW02
  8. 2022-05-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-05-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-05-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hope Capital 2 Limited
  11. 2022-05-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hope Capital 2 Limited
  12. 2022-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-04-26
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  14. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-03-04
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  19. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2002-08-20
    ➕
    DORAN, Marsha Marie appointed
    director
  22. 1999-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As STUDIO LIMITED
  23. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    DORAN, Marsha Marie appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    DORAN, Charles William appointed
    director
  25. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Charles William Doran
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Marsha Marie Doran
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1999-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

5 Idoch Cottages
Cuminestown
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 8HW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DORAN, Marsha Marie→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-30
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Active
DORAN, Charles William→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-06-30
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Active
DORAN, Marsha Marie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-08-20
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Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hope Capital 2
Hope Capital 2 Limited
A registered charge—20/05/2022—
outstanding
Hope Capital 2
Hope Capital 2 Limited
A registered charge1 property20/05/2022—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-21
withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register
officers · EW02
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-26
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2022-04-26