THE SKYE BLUE GALLERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC600171 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£26.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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 7.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,500
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,895 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£27k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£23k£31k£39kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£14.4k£14.2k
Current assets£35.4k£39.1k
Net assets£26.5k£30.4k

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

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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-02-01
    ➕
    BRYSON, Steven Anthony appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-11-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-03-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Just Cash Flow PLC
  14. 2018-06-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE SKYE BLUE GALLERY LIMITED
  15. 2018-06-18
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Lynne Marie appointed
    director
  16. 2018-06-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lynne Marie Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/06/2018

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
Incorporated2018-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

1 Ellishadder Culnacnock
Portree
Isle Of Skye
IV51 9JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRYSON, Steven Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
DOUGLAS, Lynne Marie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-06-18
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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
Just Cash Flow
Just Cash Flow PLC
A registered charge—11/03/201922/11/2024

Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-18