STUDIO OZ LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

NI696278 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-13

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£113

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

7 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £113

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£113

↑ 103% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 5588% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Current assets	£6.7k	£117
Net assets	£113	£-3.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-13
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Company incorporated
As STUDIO OZ LTD
2023-04-13
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MILLAR, Richard appointed
director
2023-04-13
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SMALL, Lauren appointed
director
2023-04-13
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Millar Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	13/04/2023
Miss Lauren Small Individual · British,Irish · DOB 02/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	13/04/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-04-13

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

24 Martinez Avenue

Belfast

BT5 5LX

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-26

Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILLAR, Richard→

director · ~38y · appointed 2023-04-13

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Active

SMALL, Lauren→

director · ~39y · appointed 2023-04-13

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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-22

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2024-03-20

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-04-13