AGENT PICTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06547756 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-28
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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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
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
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
54 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2024-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2024-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-04-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2008-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AGENT PICTURES LIMITED
  19. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    BUNKER, David Alan Langley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    BUNKER, David Alan Langley appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    HOLDER, Robin Nathaniel appointed
    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 75 — 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 75 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robin Nathaniel Holder
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/03/2017

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
Incorporated2008-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

8a Willway Street
Bristol
BS3 4BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BUNKER, David Alan Langley→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-28
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Active
BUNKER, David Alan Langley→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-03-28
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Active
HOLDER, Robin Nathaniel→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-03-28
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Active

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-16