BERRY LANE STUDIO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11558450 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-07
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees1100

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.

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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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-01
    ➕
    RUSHBURY, Ian David appointed
    director
  7. 2021-10-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-06-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-30
    ➖
    RUSHBURY, Ian David resigned
    director
  14. 2018-09-13
    ➕
    RUSHBURY, Rachel Marie appointed
    director
  15. 2018-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BERRY LANE STUDIO LTD
  17. 2018-09-07
    ➕
    RUSHBURY, Ian David appointed
    director
  18. 2018-09-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Rachel Marie Rushbury
Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/09/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian David Rushburyceased 30/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

17 Edwardian Close, Wootton 17 Edwardian Close
Wootton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 6LX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

RUSHBURY, Ian David→
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSHBURY, Rachel Marie→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSHBURY, Ian David→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-09-07 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-04