43K CREATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08725228 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£7.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,349
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 4703% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£14k£17kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.7k£26.5k
Current assets£10.2k£17.4k
Net assets£7.3k£153

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-04
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Anthony Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2013-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 43K CREATIVE LIMITED
  18. 2013-10-09
    ➕
    MCCARTHY, Kerry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Christopher Freeman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/06/2025
Ms Kerry Mccarthy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

40 Meadow Crescent
Purdis Farm
Ipswich
IP3 8GD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FREEMAN, Anthony Christopher→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-01-04
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Active
MCCARTHY, Kerry→
director · ~50y · appointed 2013-10-09
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-16