ACTION FOR CHILDREN'S ARTS

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03721564 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-02-26

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£20.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

51 officers (13 active, 51 linked, 50 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

160 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £20,568

Net assets shrinking

Down £20,528 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£21k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↓ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£20.6k	£41.1k
Current assets	£20.6k	£39.6k
Net assets	£20.6k	£41.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (112 events)Click to expand

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BORLEY-JOHNSON, Emma appointed
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GRANT, Elaine Evadnie appointed
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KANNEH, Gwyneth Kadiatu, Dr appointed
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RITMAN, Catherine Ann appointed
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TARBIT, James resigned
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BATES, Simon George resigned
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BALHAM, Janna Toba resigned
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DOWSE, Peter James appointed
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2023-11-28
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GODWIN, Joe resigned
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2023-04-11
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MITCHELL, Toby Benjamin Brailsford appointed
director
2023-04-11
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ROBERTSON, Janet Helen appointed
director
2023-04-11
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GODWIN, Joe appointed
director
2022-04-14
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MALCOLM, Jacqueline resigned
director
2021-02-10
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POWELL, Grainne Ellen resigned
director
2020-07-22
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MALCOLM, Jacqueline appointed
director
2019-06-19
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SHANLEY, John Keith resigned
director
2019-05-31
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ROBERTSON, Janet Helen resigned
director
2019-05-28
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MAYHEW, James John resigned
director
2018-09-24
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ABBOTT, Christopher David, Dr resigned
director
2017-03-01
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OGILVY, Laura Jane resigned
director
2017-01-24
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TYRRELL CLARK, Andrew Paul resigned
director
2017-01-23
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JONES, David Lee appointed
director
2017-01-23
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BALHAM, Janna Toba appointed
director
2017-01-23
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BATES, Simon George appointed
director
2016-07-26
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ABBOTT, Christopher David, Dr appointed
director
2016-06-22
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JARVIS, (Martin) Christopher appointed
director
2016-06-22
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GREAVES, Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-06-22
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MAYHEW, James John appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-13 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1999-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Unit 1 Cambridge House Oakington Road

Girton

Cambridge

CB3 0QH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21