2B CREATIVE LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.4y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-09-28➖HASSON, Susan resignedsecretary
- 2003-11-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-10-17🏢Company incorporatedAs 2B CREATIVE LIMITED
- 2003-10-17➕YOUNG, John appointeddirector
- 2003-10-17➕HASSON, Susan appointedsecretary
- 2003-10-17➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-10-17➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Young Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 24/11/2003 | — |