BIG DESIGN CORPORATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03745684 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-01
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-18.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,404
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
-£18k
↓ 105% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-18.4k | £-9.0k |
| Current assets | £10.5k | £11.2k |
| Cash | — | £1.3k |
| Debtors | — | £9.9k |
| Net assets | £-18.4k | £-9.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2013-05-10➕ANTUNES, Ruth Hermia appointeddirector
- 2000-03-30➕ANTUNES, Ruth Hermia appointedsecretary
- 2000-03-30➖PRIMUS, William Hector resignedsecretary
- 1999-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BIG DESIGN CORPORATION LIMITED
- 1999-04-01➕ANTUNES, Peter Ramos appointeddirector
- 1999-04-01➕PRIMUS, William Hector appointedsecretary
- 1999-04-01➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-04-01➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-04-01➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-04-01➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Ramos Antunes Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 03/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
Bryndon House, 5
Berry Road
Newquay
Cornwall
TR7 1AD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
ANTUNES, Ruth Hermia→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANTUNES, Peter Ramos→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1999-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANTUNES, Ruth Hermia→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PRIMUS, William Hector→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2000-03-30
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 1999-04-01
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 1999-04-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17