AZIMUTH IMAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10128907 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-18
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,545

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 78% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£12k-£8k-£3k£648£5k£9kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-1.8k£-11.6k
Current assets£8.8k£5.8k
Net assets£-2.5k£-11.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-10-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-08
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2022-11-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-11-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Jason appointed
    secretary
  13. 2022-07-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2022-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2022-07-06
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    MPS ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AZIMUTH IMAGES LIMITED
  22. 2016-04-18
    ➕
    STAMFORD, Sally Rosanne appointed
    director
  23. 2016-04-18
    ➕
    STAMFORD, Steven Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2016-04-18
    ➕
    MPS ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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

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 Steven Edward Stamford
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/04/2016
Mrs Sally Rosanne Stamford
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

Suite 12, Keynes House Chester Park
Alfreton Road
Derby
DE21 4AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Jason→
secretary · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
STAMFORD, Sally Rosanne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-04-18
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Active
STAMFORD, Steven Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-04-18
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Active
MPS ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-18 · resigned 2022-07-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-11-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-07