CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC286669 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-06-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 3.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.6y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 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

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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officers · CH01
2026-01-07
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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2025-08-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-19
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officers · TM01
2025-03-01
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GILLIES JORDAN, Wendy resigned
director
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2022-11-18
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mortgage · MR01
2022-11-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Foundation Scotland
2022-07-19
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officers · AP01
2022-07-06
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officers · AP01
2022-07-05
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FALLOWELL, Helen Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2022-07-05
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KELLY, Rachel Ann resigned
secretary
2022-07-05
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officers · AP03
2022-07-05
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officers · TM02
2022-02-17
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SINGH, Baljinder appointed
director
2022-02-17
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GILLIES JORDAN, Wendy appointed
director
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
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officers · AP03
2020-12-11
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KELLY, Rachel Ann appointed
secretary
2020-07-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-25
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KELLY, Rachel Ann resigned
secretary
2017-07-01
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KELLY, Rachel Ann appointed
secretary
2017-06-30
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PARKHILL MACKIE & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-06-01
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ECCLES, Samantha Louise resigned
director
2014-06-01
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GREATED, Marianne resigned
director
2013-09-26
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ARNOT, Morag Anne appointed
director
2013-09-26
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LOGAN, Joseph appointed
director
2013-09-26
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SMITH, Damien appointed
director
2011-10-11
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GREATED, Marianne appointed
director
2010-11-08
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-11-08
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PARKHILL MACKIE & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-01-05
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ECCLES, Samantha Louise appointed
director
2005-10-19
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FLEMING BROWN, Andrew Gerrard appointed
director
2005-10-19
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FLEMING-BROWN, Andrew Gerald resigned
secretary
2005-10-19
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-10-19
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CHISHOLM MATHESON, George Duncan resigned
director
2005-06-27
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Company incorporated
As CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS LIMITED
2005-06-27
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FLEMING-BROWN, Andrew Gerald appointed
secretary
2005-06-27
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CHISHOLM MATHESON, George Duncan appointed
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Gerald Fleming-Brown Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-06-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

100 Eastvale Place

Glasgow

G3 8QG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03

Last: 2025-06-19