EUAN'S GUIDE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC503791 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-20
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
Net Worth
£3
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£3
Current assets£6.2k
Cash£6.2k
Net assets£3

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

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-07
    ➕
    MACPHERSON-CAIRNS, Shonaig Agnes Lawrie Addie appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-07
    ➖
    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2025-05-07
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-05-07
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-04-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-03-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-02-28
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Euan James Stuart resigned
    director
  11. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EUAN'S GUIDE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  21. 2015-04-20
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Catherine Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-20
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2015-04-20
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Euan James Stuart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Euan's Guide holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Euan's Guide
Corporate parent
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EUAN'S GUIDE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · SC503791

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Euan's Guide
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence21/08/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Euan James Stuart Macdonaldceased 21/08/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2015-04-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Codebase Argyle House
3 Lady Lawson Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9DR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACDONALD, Catherine Anne→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACPHERSON-CAIRNS, Shonaig Agnes Lawrie Addie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-04-20 · resigned 2025-05-07
Resigned
MACDONALD, Euan James Stuart→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-04-20 · resigned 2025-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28