ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08620183 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-23
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
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2020-12-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2020-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-02-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2014-02-06
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    CHAPMAN, Keith Vincent appointed
    director
  19. 2014-02-06
    ➖
    MARKS, David resigned
    director
  20. 2013-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN LIMITED
  21. 2013-07-23
    ➕
    LIDDELL, Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-23
    ➕
    MARKS, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 13 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Studio Liddell Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Studio Liddell Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN LIMITED
This company · 08620183

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Studio Liddell Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2019
Mr Keith Vincent Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ian Liddellceased 31/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Immotion Studios Limitedceased 31/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

54 Greenacres Road
Oldham
OL4 1HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Keith Vincent→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIDDELL, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARKS, David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-07-23 · resigned 2014-02-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-12-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25