STUDIO EARTH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

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SC140528 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-10-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-09-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    NEVILLE, Michele Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    NEVILLE, David Ian appointed
    director
  20. 1992-10-05
    ➖
    CITY INITIATIVE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1992-10-05
    ➖
    C.I. NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 1992-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As STUDIO EARTH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
  23. 1992-10-02
    ➕
    CITY INITIATIVE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1992-10-02
    ➕
    C.I. NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Ian Neville
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

44 Larchfield Avenue
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 5QN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

NEVILLE, Michele Ann→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
NEVILLE, David Ian→
director · ~71y · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
CITY INITIATIVE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-10-02 · resigned 1992-10-05
Resigned
C.I. NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1992-10-02 · resigned 1992-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08