OPEN EYE GALLERY EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC423197 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-01
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 13.8y 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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
38 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees900900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-05-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-09-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2012-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As OPEN EYE GALLERY EDINBURGH LIMITED
  19. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    DOBSON, Jill Helen Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    DOBSON, Keith Mearns appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Mrs Jill Helen Mary Dobson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Keith Mearns Dobson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
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
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

34 Abercromby Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6QE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOBSON, Jill Helen Mary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-05-01
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Active
DOBSON, Keith Mearns→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-05-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property20/09/201219/05/2025

Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11