ATLANTIC COAST STUDIOS LTD
🌳Matureactive
04799960 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-16
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 2025
Net worth
£200.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 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
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 £200,545
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£184k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£201k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£283k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £200.5k | £203.2k |
| Current assets | £282.8k | £234.2k |
| Cash | £184.2k | £158.3k |
| Debtors | £89.6k | £62.9k |
| Net assets | £200.5k | £193.3k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2016-11-01➕HIGDON, Andrew Mark appointeddirector
- 2016-11-01➕HIGDON, David Clayton appointeddirector
- 2016-11-01➕HIGDON, Stephen Brian appointeddirector
- 2003-06-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ATLANTIC COAST STUDIOS LTD
- 2003-06-16➕HIGDON, Graham Paul appointedsecretary
- 2003-06-16➕HIGDON, Graham Paul appointeddirector
- 2003-06-16➕HIGDON, Penelope Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
5 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Brian Higdon Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/04/2021 |
Mr Andrew Mark Higdon Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/04/2021 |
Mr Graham Paul Higdon Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/04/2021 |
Mrs Penelope Jane Higdon Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/04/2021 |
Mr David Clayton Higdon Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/04/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Penelope Jane Higdonceased 08/04/2021· 25-50% shares
- Mr Graham Paul Higdonceased 08/04/2021· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated2003-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
Unit 11 Station Drive
Bredon
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 7HH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17
Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)
HIGDON, Graham Paul→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-06-16
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HIGDON, Andrew Mark→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2016-11-01
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HIGDON, David Clayton→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2016-11-01
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HIGDON, Graham Paul→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-16
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HIGDON, Penelope Jane→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-06-16
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HIGDON, Stephen Brian→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2016-11-01
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-13