SLATESTONE SERVICES LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC834934 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-22
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59200Sound recording and music publishing activities
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 3 resolution
  • 2 capital
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  2. 2026-01-12
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  3. 2026-01-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-12-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-12-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-12-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2025-11-07
    📄
    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2025-01-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SLATESTONE SERVICES LIMITED
  9. 2025-01-22
    RORRISON, Gordon Mitchell appointed
    director
  10. 2025-01-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mr Gordon Mitchell Rorrison
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting22/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59120 — Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities

Registered office

Flat 18 3 Woodcroft Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH10 4FA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

RORRISON, Gordon Mitchell
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-01-22
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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-01-12
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-01-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-31
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-11-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-22