FRIENDS OF SHARMANKA

🌳Matureactive

SC159830 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1995-08-17

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£77.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

17 officers (10 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £76,999

Cash YoY

+31%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£81k

↑ 31% YoY

Net Worth

£77k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£90k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£77.0k	£62.5k
Current assets	£89.7k	£64.7k
Cash	£80.6k	£61.5k
Debtors	£9.1k	£3.2k
Net assets	£77.0k	£62.5k

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

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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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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officers · CH01
2021-09-07
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accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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accounts · AA
2018-09-05
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accounts · AA
2017-09-05
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accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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accounts · AA
2016-08-22
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officers · TM01
2015-11-30
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REDDICK, Annie Houston resigned
director
2015-10-02
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accounts · AA
2015-09-01
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-28
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annual-return · AR01
2011-02-19
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GREEN, David John resigned
director
2009-02-14
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FLETCHER, Nichola Rosemary appointed
director
2009-02-14
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FLETCHER, Timothy John, Dr appointed
director
2009-02-01
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BOTTING, Mikhail appointed
director
2009-02-01
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CAVANAGH, John Eric appointed
director
2009-02-01
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RETIK, Arkady Arieh, Dr appointed
director
2009-02-01
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GREEN, David John appointed
director
2009-02-01
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JAKOVSKY, Sergey appointed
director
2009-02-01
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JAKOVSKY, Sergey resigned
director
2009-02-01
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REDDICK, Annie Houston appointed
director
2007-10-10
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SEARLE, Peter James appointed
director
2004-09-08
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VON BENNIGSEN, Anne resigned
director
1999-08-18
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VON BENNIGSEN, Anne appointed
director
1997-08-25
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BERSUDSKY, Eduard appointed
director
1997-08-25
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STEAD LENERT, Maggy appointed
director
1995-08-17
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Company incorporated
As FRIENDS OF SHARMANKA
1995-08-17
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JAKOVSKAYA, Tatyana appointed
secretary
1995-08-17
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JAKOVSKAYA, Tatyana appointed
director
1995-08-17
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1995-08-17
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1995-08-17
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1995-08-17
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1995-08-17
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REID, Brian appointed
director
1995-08-17
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REID, Brian resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1995-08-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Trongate 103 103-105 Trongate

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G1 5HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14