CERGUS ENTERTAINMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15055198 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-07
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 2024
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
56/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 56/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
56/100Worth 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
56
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £2,605

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£2.6k
Current assets£8.8k
Net assets£2.6k

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 (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  2. 2025-07-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  3. 2025-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-07-24
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-10-31
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-10-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-10-18
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-10-03
    CERGUS GROUP LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  10. 2023-08-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CERGUS ENTERTAINMENT LTD
  11. 2023-08-07
    EZEAMAKU, Arthur Chibundo appointed
    director
  12. 2023-08-07
    CERGUS GROUP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  13. 2023-08-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med · 1 low
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: 2026-05-31

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-07-24: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arthur Chibundo Ezeamaku
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
5075%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest07/08/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Cergus Group Limitedceased 01/10/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2023-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Unit 4 & 5 Era Estate
Ezekiel Lane
Willenhall
WV12 5QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

EZEAMAKU, Arthur Chibundo
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
CERGUS GROUP LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2023-08-07 · resigned 2023-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-07-25
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-07