BIG IDEAS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09426254 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£19.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £19,868
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£39k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 130% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£51k£101k£152k£203k£253kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£21.4k£8.8k
Current assets£85.6k£253.3k
Cash£38.8k£110.5k
Debtors£46.8k£142.8k
Net assets£19.9k£8.6k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2024-08-29
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  4. 2024-04-23
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  5. 2024-04-23
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  7. 2024-04-23
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  8. 2023-12-07
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  9. 2023-07-12
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  10. 2022-11-22
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  11. 2021-07-22
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  12. 2021-02-11
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  13. 2020-12-02
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  14. 2020-08-20
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  15. 2020-08-01
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    HATCHETT, Victoria appointed
    director
  16. 2019-12-19
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  17. 2019-02-07
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  18. 2019-01-31
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    LANE, Katharine resigned
    director
  19. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-11-13
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    HADWEN, Emily appointed
    director
  21. 2015-04-29
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    STANOJLOVIC, Olga appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-24
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    LANE, Katharine appointed
    director
  23. 2015-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG IDEAS COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 2015-02-06
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    CROMPTON, Virginia Caroline, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Virginia Caroline Crompton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Katherine Laneceased 19/02/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Unit 5 Imperial Court
Laporte Way
Luton
LU4 8FE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CROMPTON, Virginia Caroline, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HADWEN, Emily→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-11-13
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Active
HATCHETT, Victoria→
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-08-01
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Active
STANOJLOVIC, Olga→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-04-29
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Active
LANE, Katharine→
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-04-24 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11