STAR OF CALEDONIA CIC

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SC866621 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-10-16

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

—

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Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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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 strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (44/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

1 filing — limited history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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Company incorporated
As STAR OF CALEDONIA CIC
2025-10-16
➕
BERESSI, Julian Leon Victor appointed
director
2025-10-16
➕
GLENDINNING, Amy Laura appointed
director
2025-10-16
➕
HUMPHREY, Lucy Leah appointed
director
2025-10-16
➕
JARDINE, Mark Arthur James appointed
director
2025-10-16
➕
PEACOCK, Craig appointed
director
2025-10-16
➕
THOMSON, Alan appointed
director
2025-10-16
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incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 0.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2025-10-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

123 Irish Street

Dumfries

DG1 2PE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-16

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: —