ANIMATRONICS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12114494 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-22
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£-216.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
21 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £216,041

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£216k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↑ 4817% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£331k-£253k-£174k-£95k-£17k£62kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£-208.1k£-313.2k
Current assets£61.9k£1.3k
Net assets£-216.0k£-331.2k

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-17
    ➕
    DASGUPTA, Nicolas, Mr. appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-04-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-28
    ➖
    DASGUPTA, Neena resigned
    director
  7. 2025-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-03-20
    ➕
    KITCHEN-DUNN, Matthew John appointed
    director
  11. 2025-03-20
    ➖
    KITCHEN-DUNN, Katy Lavinia resigned
    director
  12. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-02-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2021-02-01
    ➕
    KITCHEN-DUNN, Katy Lavinia appointed
    director
  19. 2021-02-01
    ➖
    KITCHEN-DUNN, Matthew John resigned
    director
  20. 2019-07-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANIMATRONICS LTD
  21. 2019-07-22
    ➕
    DASGUPTA, Neena appointed
    director
  22. 2019-07-22
    ➕
    KITCHEN-DUNN, Matthew John appointed
    director
  23. 2019-07-22
    📄
    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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Jungle Monkeyz Holding Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Jungle Monkeyz Holding Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
⬇
ANIMATRONICS LTD
This company · 12114494

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jungle Monkeyz Holding Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/03/2026
Mr Matthew John Kitchen-Dunn
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/07/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dasgupta Enterprises Ltdceased 30/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2019-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36 Scotts Road
Bromley
BR1 3QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DASGUPTA, Nicolas, Mr.→
director · ~47y · appointed 2026-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KITCHEN-DUNN, Matthew John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DASGUPTA, Neena→
director · ~76y · appointed 2019-07-22 · resigned 2025-05-28
Resigned
KITCHEN-DUNN, Katy Lavinia→
director · ~29y · appointed 2021-02-01 · resigned 2025-03-20
Resigned
KITCHEN-DUNN, Matthew John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-07-22 · resigned 2021-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29