EASTGATE OFFICE CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC532229 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
28 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-12
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-08-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2021-06-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2021-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-05-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2019-05-16
    ➕
    LOADER, Adrian John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2019-05-16
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Roger Simon appointed
    director
  20. 2019-05-16
    ➕
    WOOLLEY, Michael John appointed
    director
  21. 2019-05-16
    ➖
    CAMPBELL DALLAS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2019-05-16
    ➖
    CATTO, Mandy Lorna resigned
    director
  23. 2019-05-16
    ➖
    CATTO, Stephen Kenneth, Dr resigned
    director
  24. 2017-09-29
    ➕
    CAMPBELL DALLAS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2017-09-29
    ➖
    CAMPBELL DALLAS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2017-03-03
    ➕
    CAMPBELL DALLAS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2016-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EASTGATE OFFICE CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  28. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    HOLYDAY, James Edward appointed
    director
  29. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    CATTO, Mandy Lorna appointed
    director
  30. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    CATTO, Stephen Kenneth, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

Showland Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Showland Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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EASTGATE OFFICE CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC532229

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Showland Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/05/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Broadshade Group Ltdceased 16/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Dr Stephen Kenneth Cattoceased 16/05/2019· 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
Incorporated2016-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Caledonia Hotel Hilton Road
Rosyth
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 2BA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

LOADER, Adrian John→
secretary · appointed 2019-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLYDAY, James Edward→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Roger Simon→
director · ~86y · appointed 2019-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOLLEY, Michael John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2019-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL DALLAS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-09-29 · resigned 2019-05-16
Resigned
CAMPBELL DALLAS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-03-03 · resigned 2017-09-29
Resigned
CATTO, Mandy Lorna→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-11 · resigned 2019-05-16
Resigned
CATTO, Stephen Kenneth, Dr→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-04-11 · resigned 2019-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14