ACOUSTIC NATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07279228 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-09
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-230.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
53 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £230,736
Cash YoY
+402%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 402% YoY
Net Worth
-£231k
↓ 9.2% YoY
Current Assets
£97k
↑ 3519% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£231k-£165k-£100k-£34k£31k£97kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-20.3k£-50.1k
Current assets£96.5k£2.7k
Cash£10.0k£2.0k
Debtors£86.6k£681
Net assets£-230.7k£-211.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
    ➖
    WEBB, Anne Elizabeth resigned
    director
  2. 2026-02-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-09
    ➕
    WEBB, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  7. 2024-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-05-09
    ➖
    WINDSOR, Bryony Jade resigned
    director
  13. 2023-05-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-11-05
    ➕
    WINDSOR, Bryony Jade appointed
    director
  19. 2020-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-02-04
    ➕
    NICHOL, Emily Samantha Maria appointed
    director
  21. 2019-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-09-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2019-09-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2010-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACOUSTIC NATIONS LIMITED
  25. 2010-06-09
    ➕
    WEBB, Colin Maxwell 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Maxwell Webb
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2010-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

4 Comet House
Calleva Park
Aldermaston
Berkshire
RG7 8JA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

NICHOL, Emily Samantha Maria→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEBB, Colin Maxwell→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEBB, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-01-09 · resigned 2026-02-18
Resigned
WINDSOR, Bryony Jade→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-05 · resigned 2023-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22