PIXIE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC158541 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-08

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-186.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90010Performing arts

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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, 2 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £186,193

Cash YoY

+5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↑ 5.4% YoY

Net Worth

-£186k

↓ 6.1% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 1.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-186.2k	£-175.5k
Current assets	£15.6k	£15.4k
Cash	£10.0k	£9.5k
Debtors	—	£285
Net assets	£-186.2k	£-175.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2022-03-31
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2021-06-25
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2020-03-23
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2018-03-29
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2015-07-22
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1995-07-18
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CLARK (JNR), Francis appointed
secretary
1995-07-18
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KENNEDY, Fiona appointed
director
1995-07-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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1995-07-18
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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1995-06-08
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Company incorporated
As PIXIE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
1995-06-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-06-08
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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 31 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Fiona Clark Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated1995-06-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Shannaburn House

Blairs

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB12 5YQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-22

Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK (JNR), Francis→

secretary · appointed 1995-07-18

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Active

KENNEDY, Fiona→

director · ~71y · appointed 1995-07-18

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-06-08 · resigned 1995-07-18

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-06-08 · resigned 1995-07-18

Resigned

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