ARTIZAN COLLECTIVE CIC
🌳Matureactive
09589704 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-05-13
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 May 2025
Net worth
£13.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (64/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 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 £13,480
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£45k
Net Worth
£13k
Current Assets
£46k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £15.8k |
| Current assets | £45.7k |
| Cash | £44.6k |
| Debtors | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £13.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-05➕HADLEY, Margaret Elisabeth appointeddirector
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-14➖ELEY, Philip Richard resigneddirector
- 2019-02-14➖JAMES, Richard Alexander resigneddirector
- 2019-02-14➖STRIDE, Peter Nelson resigneddirector
- 2019-01-11➕BRANDON, Jacob Samuel appointeddirector
- 2019-01-11➕BRANDON, Julie Diane appointeddirector
- 2018-05-18➖BRANDON, Julie Diane resigneddirector
- 2015-05-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTIZAN COLLECTIVE CIC
- 2015-05-13➕BRANDON, Julie Diane appointeddirector
- 2015-05-13➕ELEY, Philip Richard appointeddirector
- 2015-05-13➕JAMES, Richard Alexander appointeddirector
- 2015-05-13➕STRIDE, Peter Nelson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2015-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities
Registered office
Unit 5 74 Fleet Street
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 5EB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BRANDON, Jacob Samuel→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2019-01-11
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BRANDON, Julie Diane→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HADLEY, Margaret Elisabeth→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2026-03-05
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BRANDON, Julie Diane→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-05-13 · resigned 2018-05-18
ELEY, Philip Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2015-05-13 · resigned 2019-02-14
JAMES, Richard Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2015-05-13 · resigned 2019-02-14
STRIDE, Peter Nelson→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2015-05-13 · resigned 2019-02-14
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-23