AK STUDIOS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15673256 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 5 → 6
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 56
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2026
Net worth
£119
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
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
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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £119
Net assets shrinking
Down £97 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£119
↓ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kApr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30
Current assets£9.8k£6.9k
Net assets£119£216

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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AK STUDIOS LIMITED
  5. 2024-04-23
    KEATING, Annie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-23
    📄
    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 2.2 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Annie Elizabeth Keating
Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

St Peters Primary School
Birley Street
Newton-Le-Willows
WA12 9UR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KEATING, Annie Elizabeth
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-04-23
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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-23