APOCALYPSO PICTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03613243 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-11
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£71.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £71,121
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,232 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£71k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£71.1k£72.4k
Current assets£105.4k£99.4k
Net assets£71.1k£72.4k

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-23
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  2. 2024-05-31
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  3. 2023-10-31
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  4. 2023-10-30
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  5. 2023-10-30
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  6. 2023-10-27
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  7. 2023-06-01
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  8. 2023-05-31
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  9. 2023-05-31
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  10. 2022-08-28
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  11. 2021-11-10
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  12. 2021-11-10
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  13. 2021-08-27
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  14. 2020-12-24
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  15. 2020-08-17
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  16. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  17. 2019-01-31
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  18. 1998-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As APOCALYPSO PICTURES LIMITED
  19. 1998-08-11
    ➕
    SEGHATCHIAN, Tanya appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-08-11
    ➕
    PAWLIKOWSKI, Pawel Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 1998-08-11
    ➕
    SEGHATCHIAN, Tanya appointed
    director
  22. 1998-08-11
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-08-11
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-08-11
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1998-08-11
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Tanya Seghatchian
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/08/2016
Mr Pawel Alexander Pawlikowski
Individual · Polish · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/08/2016

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
Incorporated1998-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

18 Glasshouse Studios Fryern Court Road
Fordingbridge
Hants
SP6 1QX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SEGHATCHIAN, Tanya→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAWLIKOWSKI, Pawel Alexander→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-08-11
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Active
SEGHATCHIAN, Tanya→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-08-11
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 1998-08-11
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 1998-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01