25TH FRAME PRODUCTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06764142 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,583

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£6.6k£7.3k
Current assets£7.4k£7.0k
Net assets£6.6k£6.3k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-10-23
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    KRIKORYAN-JARVIS, Harrison Cosmo resigned
    director
  4. 2025-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-12-01
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Patrick Barry appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    LOWRY, Simon Grant resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-17
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Patrick Barry appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-17
    ➕
    CASSIDY, James Gerard appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-17
    ➕
    LOWRY, Simon Grant appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-12-17
    ➕
    KRIKORYAN-JARVIS, Harrison Cosmo appointed
    director
  23. 2008-12-03
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  24. 2008-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 25TH FRAME PRODUCTIONS LTD
  25. 2008-12-02
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Patrick Barry Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Gerard Cassidy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Cosmo Jarvisceased 23/10/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

61 Billy Lows Lane
Potters Bar
Herts
EN6 1UX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Patrick Barry→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-01
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Active
CAMPBELL, Patrick Barry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASSIDY, James Gerard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWRY, Simon Grant→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-17 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-12-02 · resigned 2008-12-03
Resigned
KRIKORYAN-JARVIS, Harrison Cosmo→
director · ~37y · appointed 2008-12-17 · resigned 2025-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21