ARTIZANI LTD
🌳Matureactive
03983082 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-28
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
£12.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
75 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £12,514
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£11k
Net Worth
£13k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.5k |
| Current assets | £19.4k |
| Cash | £11.0k |
| Debtors | £8.0k |
| Net assets | £12.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-09➕MURRAY, Rachael Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2025-06-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-11-16➕MURRAY, Rachael Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2000-05-05➕MACPHERSON, James William appointeddirector
- 2000-05-03➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-05-03➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-04-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTIZANI LTD
- 2000-04-28➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-04-28➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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
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 James William Macpherson Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated2000-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts
Registered office
74 Dickenson Road
Rusholme
Manchester
M14 5HF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MURRAY, Rachael Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-11-16
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MACPHERSON, James William→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2000-05-05
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MURRAY, Rachael Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-06-09
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-28 · resigned 2000-05-03
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-28 · resigned 2000-05-03
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31