ANDREW REIBEY WRITING LTD
🌳Matureactive
09499724 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-19
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
£1.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,174,356
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.3m
Net Worth
£1.2m
Current Assets
£1.6m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.17M | — |
| Current assets | £1.62M | — |
| Cash | £1.32M | — |
| Debtors | £295.0k | — |
| Net assets | £1.17M | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-01➕KNOTT, Stephen James Michael appointeddirector
- 2015-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW REIBEY WRITING LTD
- 2015-03-19➕BRUCE OF CRIONAICH, Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey, Professor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Professor Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce Of Crionaich Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 07/02/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Professor Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce Of Crionaichceased 01/12/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities
Registered office
Rodfield Cottage
Rodfield Lane
Ovington
Hampshire
SO24 0HS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRUCE OF CRIONAICH, Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey, Professor→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNOTT, Stephen James Michael→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2019-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (42 total)
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-14