ACT TOO STAGE SCHOOL LTD

💤Zombieactive
05979536 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£60.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,758
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,397 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£76k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£76k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£33k£49k£66k£82kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£60.8k£68.2k
Current assets£75.5k£82.3k
Cash£75.5k£82.3k
Net assets£60.8k£68.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-05-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-25
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    MILTON, Lance Peter resigned
    director
  9. 2023-04-01
    ➕
    MILTON, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    director
  10. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-11-01
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    MILTON, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    MILTON, Lance Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-27
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-10-27
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2006-10-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ACT TOO STAGE SCHOOL LTD
  22. 2006-10-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Milton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/10/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lance Peter Miltonceased 25/04/2023· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

46 Folders Lane
Burgess Hill
West Sussex
RH15 0DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MILTON, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILTON, Sarah Elizabeth→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-26 · resigned 2006-10-27
Resigned
MILTON, Lance Peter→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2023-04-25
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-26 · resigned 2006-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23