EASTERHOUSE PHOENIX DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

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SC375467 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-03-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£259.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £259,933
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£164k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£260k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£164k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£52k£104k£156k£208k£260kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£259.9k£255.3k
Current assets£164.1k£147.8k
Cash£164.0k£141.8k
Debtors£120£6.0k
Net assets£259.9k£255.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-01
    ➖
    FRASER, Lorraine Agnes resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-04-18
    ➕
    CUMMING, Caroline appointed
    director
  12. 2021-04-18
    ➕
    FRASER, Lorraine Agnes appointed
    director
  13. 2021-01-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-08-10
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  19. 2015-03-31
    ➖
    MURPHY, John Alan resigned
    director
  20. 2011-02-01
    ➖
    MACKINTOSH, John Neil resigned
    director
  21. 2010-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EASTERHOUSE PHOENIX DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  22. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    MCSHANE, Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    MACKINTOSH, John Neil appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    MURPHY, John Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Caroline Cumming
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Richard Mcshane
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

2nd Floor 22-24 Blythswood Square
Glasgow
G2 4BG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CUMMING, Caroline→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCSHANE, Richard→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER, Lorraine Agnes→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-04-18 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned
MACKINTOSH, John Neil→
director · ~90y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2011-02-01
Resigned
MURPHY, John Alan→
director · ~85y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-19