THREESTANES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC370737 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-10-08
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    MCARTHUR, Douglas Brown appointed
    director
  17. 2010-01-06
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    Company incorporated
    As THREESTANES LIMITED
  18. 2010-01-06
    ➕
    MCARTHUR, Douglas appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-01-06
    ➕
    PATERSON, William Hamilton appointed
    director
  20. 2010-01-06
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-01-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-01-06
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2010-01-06
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Hamilton Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Patersonceased 31/12/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2010-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Laigh Brownmuir House
Glassford
Strathaven
ML10 6TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCARTHUR, Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-06
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Active
MCARTHUR, Douglas Brown→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-10-08
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Active
PATERSON, William Hamilton→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2010-01-06
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2010-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06