SERIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC225968 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-04

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 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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2025-07-14
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2024-04-30
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2023-10-18
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2022-07-07
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2021-07-26
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2020-11-30
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2019-10-11
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2018-02-27
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2017-07-24
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2016-07-22
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2015-12-21
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2015-07-10
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2001-12-04
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Company incorporated
As SERIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS LIMITED
2001-12-04
➕
TAYLOR SNR, Douglas appointed
secretary
2001-12-04
➕
TAYLOR, Matthew William appointed
director
2001-12-04
➕
TAYLOR SNR, Douglas appointed
director
2001-12-04
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Matthew William Taylor Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Douglas Taylor Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-12-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

Strathclyde Country Park

Hamilton Road

Motherwell

Lanarkshire

ML1 3RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR SNR, Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2001-12-04

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Active

TAYLOR, Matthew William→

director · ~77y · appointed 2001-12-04

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Active

TAYLOR SNR, Douglas→

director · ~73y · appointed 2001-12-04

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-04 · resigned 2001-12-04

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-04 · resigned 2001-12-04

Resigned

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