ART AND CRAFT DAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09030451 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-08
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ART AND CRAFT DAYS LIMITED
  17. 2014-05-08
    ➕
    COUSINS, Brian appointed
    director
  18. 2014-05-08
    ➕
    POWER, Julie Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 66. 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 12 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Julie Patricia Power
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

10 Harberts Way
Rayleigh
Essex
SS6 9SW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COUSINS, Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-05-08
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Active
POWER, Julie Patricia→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-08
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11