CINEBOOK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03249818 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-16
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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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-18
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-09-20
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    ROBIN, Valerie appointed
    director
  14. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-27
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  16. 2018-03-26
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2017-10-16
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2016-07-07
    ➖
    HANOVER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-06-11
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    HANOVER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-06-11
    ➖
    KENWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-10-31
    ➖
    KEOGH, Malcolm Christopher resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-10-31
    ➕
    KENWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1998-10-30
    ➖
    CADIC, Jean-Jacques resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-10-30
    ➕
    KEOGH, Malcolm Christopher appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-09-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CINEBOOK LIMITED
  27. 1996-09-16
    ➕
    CADIC, Olivier Jacques Yves appointed
    director
  28. 1996-09-16
    ➕
    CADIC, Jean-Jacques appointed
    secretary
  29. 1996-09-16
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-09-16
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1996-09-16
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Olivier Jacques Yves Cadic
Individual · French · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1996-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Martlet House
E1 Yeoman Gate, Yeoman Way
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 3QZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CADIC, Olivier Jacques Yves→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBIN, Valerie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CADIC, Jean-Jacques→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-16 · resigned 1998-10-30
Resigned
KEOGH, Malcolm Christopher→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2006-10-31
Resigned
HANOVER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-11 · resigned 2016-07-07
Resigned
KENWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2008-06-11
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-16 · resigned 1996-09-19
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-09-16 · resigned 1996-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22