ARTSTUDIOCB LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15375019 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-29
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
59/100Worth 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
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-03-30
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-12-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARTSTUDIOCB LTD
  6. 2023-12-29
    BLACK, Candice appointed
    director
  7. 2023-12-29
    📄
    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 2.5 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 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: 2025-09-29

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
Candice Black
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

50 Maesgwyn
Aberdare
CF44 8TH
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-09-29OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BLACK, Candice
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-12-29
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Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-29