AKCEL ENTERTAINMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15693262 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
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 £100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Net assets£100

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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • 6 officers
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2026-03-14
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2026-03-14
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    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  5. 2026-01-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2026-01-23
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2026-01-23
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    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  8. 2026-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2026-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2026-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2024-08-01
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    change-corporate-secretary-company
    officers · CH04
  14. 2024-08-01
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    change-corporate-director-company
    officers · CH02
  15. 2024-08-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2024-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2024-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AKCEL ENTERTAINMENT LTD
  18. 2024-04-30
    KAP VENTURES appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2024-04-30
    KAUSHAL, Amit appointed
    director
  20. 2024-04-30
    KAP VENTURES appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2024-04-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high · 1 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-13

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-08-01: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Akcel Holding Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Akcel Holding Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AKCEL ENTERTAINMENT LTD
This company · 15693262

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Akcel Holding Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

164-166 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 2RA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KAP VENTURES
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-04-30
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Active
KAUSHAL, Amit
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-04-30
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Active
KAP VENTURES
corporate-director · appointed 2024-04-30
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-14
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-03-14
change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2026-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-25
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-01-23
change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2026-01-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
change-corporate-secretary-company
officers · CH04
2024-08-01
change-corporate-director-company
officers · CH02
2024-08-01