24/7 DRAMA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05417162 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-07
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-31
Average employees12

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-04
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    capital · SH02
  10. 2018-05-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-04
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-05
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  14. 2015-06-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 24/7 DRAMA LIMITED
  17. 2005-04-07
    JANI, Paresh appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-04-07
    HAWKINS, Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2005-04-07
    SPARROCK, Tim appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-07
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-04-07
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Visual Impact (Uk ) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Visual Impact (Uk ) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
24/7 DRAMA LIMITED
This company · 05417162

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Visual Impact (Uk ) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

Unit 3&4 Teddington Business Park
Station Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JANI, Paresh
secretary · appointed 2005-04-07
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Active
HAWKINS, Graham
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-07
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Active
SPARROCK, Tim
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-04-07
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-07 · resigned 2005-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-04