BROKEN FENCE GAMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09282720 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-27
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
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (65/100).

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,601
Very low cash
Cash position: £91
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£91
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£7k-£5k-£4k-£3k-£1k£91Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-6.6k£-5.8k
Cash£91£68
Net assets£-6.6k£-5.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-26
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  5. 2022-07-05
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  6. 2021-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-22
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  8. 2019-05-10
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  9. 2018-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-07
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-07-11
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  13. 2015-11-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BROKEN FENCE GAMES LIMITED
  15. 2014-10-27
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    JOHNSON, John Eliott appointed
    director
  16. 2014-10-27
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    WARSHAW, Matthew Joseph appointed
    director
  17. 2014-10-27
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    incorporation · NEWINC

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 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
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.
  • 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 John Eliott Johnson
Individual · American · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Matthew Joseph Warshaw
Individual · British · DOB 05/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

32 Redgates
Walkington
Beverley
HU17 8TS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSON, John Eliott→
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-10-27
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Active
WARSHAW, Matthew Joseph→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-10-27
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Recent filings (24 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-10