ABOVE & BEYOND CREATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08174496 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 73110Advertising agencies
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.4y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
72 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees11001600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-02-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-08-22
    ➖
    BEDWELL, Francis Thomas resigned
    director
  9. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-05-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-05-22
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2023-05-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2023-05-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-04-11
    ➖
    VISTRA COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2022-10-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-10-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2022-10-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2022-10-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2022-10-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-03-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  23. 2022-02-25
    ➕
    VISTRA COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2020-12-17
    ➖
    BILLING, David James resigned
    director
  25. 2018-07-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited
  26. 2018-05-18
    ➕
    OST, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  27. 2018-05-18
    ➕
    BEDWELL, Francis Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 2018-05-18
    ➖
    THE BEYOND MARKETING COLLECTIVE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 2017-01-31
    ➖
    LOBO, Christian resigned
    director
  30. 2017-01-31
    ➖
    OST, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  31. 2017-01-31
    ➕
    THE BEYOND MARKETING COLLECTIVE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  32. 2016-11-07
    ➕
    AL-ZAIDY, Zaid appointed
    director
  33. 2015-05-07
    ➕
    LOBO, Christian appointed
    director
  34. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    BILLING, David James appointed
    director
  35. 2012-12-07
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Coutts & Company
  36. 2012-08-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABOVE & BEYOND CREATIVE LIMITED
  37. 2012-08-09
    ➕
    OST, Nicholas John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

The Beyond Marketing Collective Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Beyond Marketing Collective Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABOVE & BEYOND CREATIVE LIMITED
This company · 08174496

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Beyond Marketing Collective Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2012-08-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

Walworth Town Hall
Elephant & Castle
London
SE17 1RS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

AL-ZAIDY, Zaid→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OST, Nicholas John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VISTRA COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-02-25 · resigned 2023-04-11
Resigned
BEDWELL, Francis Thomas→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-05-18 · resigned 2023-08-22
Resigned
BILLING, David James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2020-12-17
Resigned
LOBO, Christian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-05-07 · resigned 2017-01-31
Resigned
OST, Nicholas John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-08-09 · resigned 2017-01-31
Resigned
THE BEYOND MARKETING COLLECTIVE LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2017-01-31 · resigned 2018-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Arbuthnot Latham & Co.,
Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited
A registered charge—20/07/2018—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Coutts & Company
Charge of deposit1 property07/12/2012—
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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-15