THE LITTLE MAGIC BALL COMPANY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
NI709204 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-26
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.
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
48/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 48/100 (watch), bankability 40/100. 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). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (28/100)

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
48/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
70
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-04-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2024-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE LITTLE MAGIC BALL COMPANY LTD
  4. 2024-01-26
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    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 2.3 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

2 high ·
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: 2025-10-26

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2025-02-08

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-26
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

1 Lisnafiffy Road
Gilford
Craigavon
BT63 6ED
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-10-26OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-02-08OVERDUE
Last:

Recent filings (3 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-26