BIG RED AMUSEMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09121815 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-08
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£295.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £295,927
Cash YoY
+63%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£221k
↑ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£296k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£231k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£118k£178k£237k£296kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£362.3k£277.8k
Current assets£231.1k£151.9k
Cash£221.2k£135.4k
Debtors£8.3k£15.0k
Net assets£295.9k£207.8k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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  3. 2024-07-19
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  4. 2023-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-24
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  6. 2021-08-11
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-06
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-17
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  11. 2018-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-05-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-12
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-01-11
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-01-08
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-01-08
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-12-31
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    HOLLAND, Reece resigned
    director
  18. 2014-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG RED AMUSEMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2014-07-08
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    HOLLAND, Joeann appointed
    director
  20. 2014-07-08
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    PICKERING, Natasha Dior appointed
    director
  21. 2014-07-08
    ➕
    HOLLAND, Reece 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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Ms Joeann Holland
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Natasha Dior Pickering
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/12/2017

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
Incorporated2014-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Medina House
2 Station Avenue
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO16 4LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOLLAND, Joeann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-07-08
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Active
PICKERING, Natasha Dior→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLLAND, Reece→
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-07-08 · resigned 2017-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-19