2K STUDIO LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14235012 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-07-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2K STUDIO LTD
  7. 2022-07-14
    KACZMAREK, Dorota appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-14
    KERSHAW, Andrew appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Kershaw
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2022
Mrs Dorota Kaczmarek
Individual · Polish · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2022

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
Incorporated2022-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Suite G04 1 Quality Court, Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KACZMAREK, Dorota
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-07-14
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Active
KERSHAW, Andrew
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-07-14
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-14