HAMILTON TAYLOR LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC311106 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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2022-07-29
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2021-06-03
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2020-07-14
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2019-06-19
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2018-05-29
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2017-07-14
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2016-06-01
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2015-11-08
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2015-04-07
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2014-11-26
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2014-07-16
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2007-04-02
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HAMILTON, Gillian appointed
secretary
2007-04-02
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TAYLOR, Sean Robert resigned
secretary
2007-03-30
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HAMILTON, Gillian appointed
director
2007-03-30
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LAMB, Adrian Russell resigned
director
2007-03-30
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SAVAGE, Brendan resigned
director
2007-03-30
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SEYMOUR, Jane Alana resigned
director
2006-10-30
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Company incorporated
As HAMILTON TAYLOR LTD.
2006-10-30
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TAYLOR, Sean Robert appointed
director
2006-10-30
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TAYLOR, Sean Robert appointed
secretary
2006-10-30
➕
LAMB, Adrian Russell appointed
director
2006-10-30
➕
SAVAGE, Brendan appointed
director
2006-10-30
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SEYMOUR, Jane Alana appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAMILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Ms Gillian Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016
Mr Sean Robert Taylor Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2006-10-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

1 Cardonald Gardens

Glasgow

G52 3PQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAMILTON, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-02

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Active

HAMILTON, Gillian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-03-30

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Active

TAYLOR, Sean Robert→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-10-30

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Active

TAYLOR, Sean Robert→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-04-02

Resigned

LAMB, Adrian Russell→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-03-30

Resigned

SAVAGE, Brendan→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-03-30

Resigned

SEYMOUR, Jane Alana→

director · ~47y · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-03-30

Resigned

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