RUSSIAN ICE STARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03055642 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-11
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
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 75). Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-10-16
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    DEPLIDGE, Vera resigned
    director
  16. 2016-05-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-10-18
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    ANGUS, Colin appointed
    director
  19. 2010-10-18
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    DEPLIDGE, Julian Robert Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 1997-05-12
    ➕
    ANGUS, Colin appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-05-11
    ➖
    COWAN, Stanford Russell resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-05-13
    ➖
    CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-05-13
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    COWAN, Stanford Russell resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 1995-05-12
    ➕
    COWAN, Stanford Russell appointed
    secretary
  25. 1995-05-12
    ➕
    DEPLIDGE, Vera appointed
    director
  26. 1995-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As RUSSIAN ICE STARS LIMITED
  27. 1995-05-11
    ➕
    CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1995-05-11
    ➕
    COWAN, Stanford Russell appointed
    nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

84/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-25

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Julian Robert Anthony Deplidge
Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Colin Angus
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Vaughan Chambers
Vaughan Road
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 4EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ANGUS, Colin→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANGUS, Colin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEPLIDGE, Julian Robert Anthony→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWAN, Stanford Russell→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-12 · resigned 1997-05-11
Resigned
CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-05-11 · resigned 1995-05-13
Resigned
COWAN, Stanford Russell→
nominee-director · ~90y · appointed 1995-05-11 · resigned 1995-05-13
Resigned
DEPLIDGE, Vera→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-05-12 · resigned 2016-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-04