GUITAR GUITAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC247523 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 21.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

18 officers (10 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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GRAY, Stephen resigned
director
2024-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-28
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CLARK, Helen resigned
director
2023-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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SIMPSON, Robert appointed
director
2022-05-06
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SPECK, Adam appointed
director
2022-05-06
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SPICER, Rowan appointed
director
2022-05-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-31
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address · AD01
2021-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
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FROST, Jonathan Robert resigned
director
2020-05-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-01-05
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FROST, Jonathan Robert appointed
director
2016-02-16
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HUGHES, Paul Ben resigned
director
2016-01-05
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HENDERSON, Andrew appointed
director
2015-09-08
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HUGHES, Paul Ben appointed
director
2014-04-24
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MCBAY, Linda resigned
director
2011-09-13
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MILLS, Steven Alan appointed
director
2011-09-13
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CLARK, Helen appointed
director
2009-06-01
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MCKENZIE, Mark Alan appointed
director
2009-04-01
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BELL, Graham appointed
director
2005-08-22
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CONDIE, Sean Alexander appointed
director
2005-08-22
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GRAY, Stephen appointed
director
2004-06-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-07-22
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BELL, Graham appointed
secretary
2003-07-22
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MCBAY, Linda resigned
secretary
2003-04-11
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MCBAY, Christopher appointed
director
2003-04-11
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MCBAY, Linda appointed
secretary
2003-04-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-11
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MCBAY, Linda appointed
director
2003-04-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-09
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Company incorporated
As GUITAR GUITAR LIMITED
2003-04-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-09
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Guitar Guitar Eot Trustees Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Guitar Guitar Eot Trustees Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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GUITAR GUITAR LIMITED

This company · SC247523

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Guitar Guitar Eot Trustees Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	28/01/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Graham Bellceased 28/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Christopher Mcbayceased 28/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2003-04-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Guitar Guitar Limited

West Avenue

Paisley

PA1 2FB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30