ACTORS WORLD PRODUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01617745 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-26

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

£33.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £33,139

Net assets shrinking

Down £14,766 YoY

Cash YoY

-24%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£41k

↓ 24% YoY

Net Worth

£33k

↓ 31% YoY

Current Assets

£46k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£33.6k	£48.5k
Current assets	£46.3k	£63.2k
Cash	£41.5k	£54.7k
Debtors	£4.8k	£4.5k
Net assets	£33.1k	£47.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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2025-05-13
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2024-03-22
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2023-06-28
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2022-05-23
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accounts · AA
2021-07-19
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accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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officers · CH01
2020-12-15
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2020-12-15
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2020-12-15
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2020-06-22
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accounts · AA
2020-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-06-26
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accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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2009-10-01
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PAGEON, Sylvia appointed
director
2004-08-03
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BEGLEY, Katherine appointed
director
1982-02-26
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Company incorporated
As ACTORS WORLD PRODUCTION LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Katherine Begley Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/05/2019
Mrs Sylvia Pageon Individual · German,British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Daniel Andre Pageon Individual · French,British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1982-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Briarbank Road

London

W13 0HH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

PAGEON, Sylvia→

secretary

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Active

BEGLEY, Katherine→

director · ~48y · appointed 2004-08-03

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PAGEON, Daniel Andre→

director · ~78y

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PAGEON, Sylvia→

director · ~75y · appointed 2009-10-01

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