BALCOMBE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00607959 · ltd · incorporated 1958-07-15
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£29.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £29,272

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£30k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£29.3k£29.0k
Current assets£29.7k£29.6k
Net assets£29.3k£29.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-11
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  2. 2025-02-23
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  3. 2024-12-18
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  4. 2024-01-30
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  5. 2023-02-20
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  6. 2022-01-29
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  7. 2021-04-06
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  8. 2020-01-30
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  9. 2019-01-29
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  10. 2018-01-31
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  11. 2017-01-31
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  12. 2016-07-07
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  13. 2016-01-31
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  14. 2015-06-23
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  15. 2015-01-31
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  16. 2014-06-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-08-12
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    WATKINS, Richard Vaughan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-08-11
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    WATKINS, Joan Pamela resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-08-11
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    WATKINS, Joan Pamela resigned
    director
  20. 1958-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As BALCOMBE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Vaughan Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Robert Andrew Morgan Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1958-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

8c Westend
Dursley
Gloucestershire
GL11 6JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WATKINS, Richard Vaughan→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-12
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Active
WATKINS, Richard Vaughan→
director · ~75y
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Active
WATKINS, Robert Andrew Morgan→
director · ~82y
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Active
WATKINS, Joan Pamela→
secretary · resigned 2009-08-11
Resigned
WATKINS, Joan Pamela→
director · ~106y · resigned 2009-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-11