CALAMITY JANE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
09042578 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.0y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
34 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,467
Net assets shrinking
Down £162,092 YoY
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 97% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 98% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.5k | £264.8k |
| Current assets | £6.0k | £328.2k |
| Cash | £5.7k | £7.6k |
| Debtors | £280 | £320.6k |
| Net assets | £4.5k | £166.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-29🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-08-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-08-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-05-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CALAMITY JANE LIMITED
- 2014-05-15➕WILSON, Jamie Norman Stephen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jamie Norman Stephen Wilson Individual · British · DOB 04/1988 · age 38 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Registered office
1 Gemini Court
42a Throwley Way
Sutton
SM1 4AF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
WILSON, Jamie Norman Stephen→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2014-05-15
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/07/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/08/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/08/2014 | 21/05/2026 |
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Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23