ABOUT FESTIVALS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15647934 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £4,379

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£4k
Current Assets
£38k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-4.4k
Current assets£37.7k
Net assets£-4.4k

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

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABOUT FESTIVALS LIMITED
  5. 2024-04-15
    BRINDLEY, Paul appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-15
    LEE, Charlotte appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-15
    LEE, Kevin Kai Wing appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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
Mr Paul Brindley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/04/2024
Mrs Charlotte Lee
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

50 Woodgate
Leicester
LE3 5GF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BRINDLEY, Paul
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-04-15
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Active
LEE, Charlotte
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-15
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Active
LEE, Kevin Kai Wing
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-04-15
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-15