RIVERSIDE TV STUDIOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC232337 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programming and broadcasting activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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
Average employees5500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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  2. 2025-03-20
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  3. 2025-03-10
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    MURRELL, Judith Ann resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-09
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  6. 2024-07-01
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    CABECAS, Louise appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-12-14
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  8. 2022-12-08
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  9. 2021-12-01
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  10. 2020-12-22
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  11. 2019-12-18
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  12. 2019-03-18
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-03-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  14. 2018-12-11
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  15. 2017-12-18
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  16. 2017-12-14
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    HORNSBY, Guy Philip resigned
    director
  17. 2017-12-12
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  18. 2017-09-12
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  19. 2017-09-06
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    SWAN, Mark David resigned
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  20. 2016-12-13
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  21. 2016-06-08
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  22. 2012-05-21
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    BLACK, Colin Leslie resigned
    director
  23. 2011-05-09
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    SWAN, Mark David appointed
    director
  24. 2010-05-10
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    BLACKMAN, Roberta Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2008-06-08
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    HORNSBY, Guy Philip appointed
    director
  26. 2006-01-26
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    STEWART, Duncan Ian, Mr. appointed
    director
  27. 2006-01-26
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    GALLIMORE, John Robert resigned
    director
  28. 2003-09-04
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    GALLIMORE, John Robert appointed
    director
  29. 2003-08-26
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    BUCKLEY, David Keith resigned
    secretary
  30. 2003-08-26
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    MURRELL, Judith Ann appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-08-26
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    BUCKLEY, David Keith resigned
    director
  32. 2003-08-26
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    JOHNSTON, Peter Frank resigned
    director
  33. 2002-11-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  34. 2002-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As RIVERSIDE TV STUDIOS LIMITED
  35. 2002-06-05
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    BURDETT-COUTTS, William Walter appointed
    director
  36. 2002-06-05
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    BUCKLEY, David Keith appointed
    secretary
  37. 2002-06-05
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    BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2002-06-05
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    BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2002-06-05
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    BLACK, Colin Leslie appointed
    director
  40. 2002-06-05
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    BUCKLEY, David Keith appointed
    director
  41. 2002-06-05
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    JOHNSTON, Peter Frank appointed
    director
  42. 2002-06-05
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    BELL & SCOTT WS (PROPERTY NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 2002-06-05
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    BELL & SCOTT WS (PROPERTY NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Walter Burdett-Coutts
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC60200 — Television programming and broadcasting activities

Registered office

2 Roxburgh Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9SU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

CABECAS, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2024-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKMAN, Roberta Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-05-10
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Active
BURDETT-COUTTS, William Walter→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Duncan Ian, Mr.→
director · ~52y · appointed 2006-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKLEY, David Keith→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2003-08-26
Resigned
MURRELL, Judith Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2025-03-10
Resigned
BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2002-06-05
Resigned
BLACK, Colin Leslie→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2012-05-21
Resigned
BUCKLEY, David Keith→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2003-08-26
Resigned
GALLIMORE, John Robert→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2006-01-26
Resigned
HORNSBY, Guy Philip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-06-08 · resigned 2017-12-14
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Peter Frank→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2003-08-26
Resigned
SWAN, Mark David→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-05-09 · resigned 2017-09-06
Resigned
BELL & SCOTT WS (PROPERTY NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-05 · resigned 2002-06-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property18/03/2019—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge2 properties13/11/2002—
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
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accounts · AA
2019-12-18