AFTERGLOW ARTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
05629764 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-06📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2005-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AFTERGLOW ARTS LTD
- 2005-11-20➕MANNINGTONS LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-11-20➕HEMMERICH, Anja appointeddirector
- 2005-11-20➕LANGLEY, Clint Darryl appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Clint Darryl Langley Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Anja Hemmerich Individual · Swiss · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
8 High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8LS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MANNINGTONS LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HEMMERICH, Anja→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2005-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANGLEY, Clint Darryl→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2005-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29