2DARE2 LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12080950 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-104.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £104,457
Cash YoY
+213%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↑ 213% YoY
Net Worth
-£104k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 207% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-104.5k | £-102.3k |
| Current assets | £4.5k | £1.5k |
| Cash | £4.5k | £1.4k |
| Debtors | £40 | £40 |
| Net assets | £-104.5k | £-102.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-18➕BRANDMAIER, Josef appointeddirector
- 2022-01-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-11-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2020-10-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-06📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2019-07-02🏢Company incorporatedAs 2DARE2 LTD
- 2019-07-02➕DE ANGELIS, Marchella appointeddirector
- 2019-07-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities
Registered office
10e St Edmunds Terrace
London
NW8 7QP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRANDMAIER, Josef→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DE ANGELIS, Marchella→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18