2E EFFECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04877964 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-27
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 2025
Net worth
£1.64M
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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
60 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,637,531
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.3m
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£350k£699k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£1.67M£1.43M
Current assets£1.75M£1.35M
Cash£1.29M£1.08M
Debtors£460.4k£270.0k
Net assets£1.64M£1.40M

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

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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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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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  2. 2025-02-03
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  3. 2024-05-28
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  4. 2023-06-04
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  5. 2022-08-29
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  6. 2021-08-23
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  7. 2020-05-27
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  8. 2019-05-24
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  9. 2018-06-25
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  10. 2017-05-30
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  11. 2016-05-27
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  12. 2015-09-02
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  13. 2015-09-02
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  14. 2015-08-07
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  15. 2015-08-01
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    TUOHY, Dominic appointed
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  16. 2015-01-14
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  17. 2003-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 2E EFFECTS LIMITED
  18. 2003-08-27
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    TUOHY, Joan Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-08-27
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    TUOHY, Kenneth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dominic Tuohy
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

45 Pemberton Road
East Moseley
Surrey
KT8 9LG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TUOHY, Joan Louise→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-27
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TUOHY, Dominic→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-08-01
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TUOHY, Kenneth→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-08-27
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Recent filings (60 total)

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2026-02-16
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2025-09-03
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2025-02-03
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2024-08-27
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2024-05-28
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2023-08-30
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2023-06-04
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2022-09-01
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2022-08-29
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2021-08-31
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2021-08-23
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2020-09-03
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2020-05-27
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2019-08-27
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2019-05-24