EVENT-A-LOO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC244111 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-18
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.70M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,699,719
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.7m
↑ 3.1% YoY
Net Worth
£3.7m
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Assets
£3.8m
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£754k£1.5m£2.3m£3.0m£3.8mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.78M£3.52M
Current assets£3.77M£3.62M
Cash£3.71M£3.60M
Debtors£59.4k£21.1k
Net assets£3.70M£3.45M

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
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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-06
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-06
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-10-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-31
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    address · AD01
  6. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-17
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  12. 2020-01-16
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  13. 2019-01-24
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  14. 2018-01-30
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  15. 2017-02-01
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  16. 2003-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As EVENT-A-LOO LIMITED
  17. 2003-02-18
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Isabel Aitken appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-02-18
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Isabel Aitken appointed
    director
  19. 2003-02-18
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, James appointed
    director
  20. 2003-02-18
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-02-18
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-02-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-02-18
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Isabel Aitken Buchanan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Branchalburn Farm, Newmains
Branchalburn Farm
Newmains
Lanarkshire
ML2 8QG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Isabel Aitken→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-18
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Active
BUCHANAN, Isabel Aitken→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-02-18
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Active
BUCHANAN, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-02-18
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-18 · resigned 2003-02-18
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-18 · resigned 2003-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14