TASK STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06539849 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-07-06
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-04-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-04-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As TASK STUDIO LIMITED
  18. 2008-03-19
    ➕
    KARAVIAS, Costas appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-19
    ➕
    DALTREY, Anthony Leonard appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-19
    ➕
    KARAVIAS, Costas appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-19
    ➕
    FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-19
    ➖
    FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-03-19
    ➕
    FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-03-19
    ➖
    FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Leonard Daltry
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Costas Karavias
Individual · Cypriot · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

85 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 3HY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KARAVIAS, Costas→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALTREY, Anthony Leonard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAVIAS, Costas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-23