ABSOLUTE AMUSEMENTS UK LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14288229 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-10
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£12.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,331
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 3737% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£339£4k£9k£14k£19k£24kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£48.1k£-339
Current assets£10.3k£23.7k
Net assets£12.3k£-339

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE AMUSEMENTS UK LTD
  5. 2022-08-10
    ROWLAND, Kelly appointed
    director
  6. 2022-08-10
    ROWLAND, Thomas William appointed
    director
  7. 2022-08-10
    📄
    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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kelly Rowland
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2022
Mr Thomas William Rowland
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Dl Accounts Ltd
Burton House, Trinity Street
St. Austell
Cornwall
PL25 5LS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROWLAND, Kelly
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-08-10
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Active
ROWLAND, Thomas William
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-08-10
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-10