ARCAVA ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10968580 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Net assets£100

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCAVA ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
  10. 2017-09-18
    THOMAS-BOSOVSKAYA, Olga, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2017-09-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Olga Thomas-Bosovskaya
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/09/2017

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
Incorporated2017-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

13f Hyde Park Mansions
Cabbell Street
London
NW1 5BD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

THOMAS-BOSOVSKAYA, Olga, Dr
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-18
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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-29