CONCEPT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 40.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.9k | £6.4k |
| Current assets | £13.1k | £31.5k |
| Cash | £3.6k | £13.6k |
| Debtors | £9.6k | £17.9k |
| Net assets | £1.9k | £6.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-01-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-01-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-01-01➕LLEWELLYN, Lynn Margaret appointeddirector
- 2016-12-31➖LLOYD-WIGGINS, Michael Frank resigneddirector
- 2016-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-08-01➕LLEWELLYN, Lynn Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2006-08-01➕WILSON, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2006-08-01➖RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-09-19➖WATMOUGH, Jane resigneddirector
- 2002-11-05➖WATMOUGH, Jane resignedsecretary
- 2002-11-05➕RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1994-10-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1994-10-13➖MUNRO, Graeme resigneddirector
- 1994-09-22➕MUNRO, Graeme appointeddirector
- 1993-09-29➕WATMOUGH, Jane appointedsecretary
- 1993-08-30➖FORTUNE, Alasdair Stuart resignedsecretary
- 1993-08-30➖FORTUNE, Alasdair Stuart resigneddirector
- 1986-05-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1985-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CONCEPT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lynn Margaret Llewellyn Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 21/09/2017 |
Andrew Peter Wilson Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Michael Frank Lloyd-Wigginsceased 21/09/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 20/10/1994 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 19/05/1986 | — |