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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-10-08➕MCARTHUR, Douglas Brown appointeddirector
- 2010-01-06🏢Company incorporatedAs THREESTANES LIMITED
- 2010-01-06➕MCARTHUR, Douglas appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-06➕PATERSON, William Hamilton appointeddirector
- 2010-01-06➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-01-06➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-01-06➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2010-01-06➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 16 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 candidateStrong 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr William Hamilton Paterson Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/12/2025 |
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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| TITAN ALLIANCE L.P.→ SL016401 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| TODHOLEBURN PROPERTIES LLP→ SO307309 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| TOP RATE ENTERPRISES L.P.→ SL015152 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| TOPEX CORPORATION L.P.→ SL015014 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| TORIR INTER LP→ SL009140 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| TORPIN OVERSEAS L.P.→ SL017907 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| TORRE DE ROVERI LP→ SL028081 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| TOTAL AGENTS L.P.→ SL021427 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| TOTAL DEVELOPMENTS L.P.→ SL012267 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| TOTAL EXPRESS SERVICES L.P.→ SL014021 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| TOTAL IMPORTS/EXPORTS L.P.→ SL010952 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| TOTAL INTERTRADE L.P.→ SL011288 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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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)
Active
MCARTHUR, Douglas Brown→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATERSON, William Hamilton→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2010-01-06
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2010-01-06
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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