ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09219248 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-15
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2024-05-25
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    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  5. 2024-05-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2022-01-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-01-05
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    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  14. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-12-13
    AK THEATRICALS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  16. 2021-12-13
    BRUNJES, Emma Jacqueline resigned
    director
  17. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2019-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-04-02
    LANSLEY, Oliver Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-02
    SEAGER, James Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2014-09-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND LIMITED
  24. 2014-09-15
    BRUNJES, Emma Jacqueline appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

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

🏛️
Ak Theatricals Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND LIMITED
This company · 09219248

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ak Theatricals Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/12/2021
Mr Oliver Thomas Lansley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Richard Seager
Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Emma Jacqueline Brunjesceased 13/12/2021· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

124 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LANSLEY, Oliver Thomas
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active
SEAGER, James Richard
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active
AK THEATRICALS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-12-13
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Active
BRUNJES, Emma Jacqueline
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-09-15 · resigned 2021-12-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-22
change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2024-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-05