BUTTERWORTH STUDIOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC262025 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-16
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£22.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £22,187
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,890 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£22k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£22.8k£28.2k
Current assets£26.4k£34.9k
Net assets£22.2k£26.1k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-09-25
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2021-08-13
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  6. 2020-09-25
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  7. 2019-09-23
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  8. 2018-09-08
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  9. 2017-09-07
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  10. 2016-09-29
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  11. 2016-01-01
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  12. 2015-09-25
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  13. 2015-01-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-01
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  15. 2015-01-01
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2012-07-24
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    BUTTERWORTH, John Paul appointed
    secretary
  17. 2012-07-24
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    BUTTERWORTH, Hilary resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-07-24
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    BUTTERWORTH, Hilary resigned
    director
  19. 2004-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BUTTERWORTH STUDIOS LIMITED
  20. 2004-01-16
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    BUTTERWORTH, Howard appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-16
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    BUTTERWORTH, John Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Mary Louise appointed
    director
  23. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    HARKER, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Hilary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-01-16
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-01-16
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    BUTTERWORTH, Hilary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUTTERWORTH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Howard Butterworth
Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

Broomfield Of Drummie, Tarland
Aboyne
Aberdeenshire
AB34 4YS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BUTTERWORTH, John Paul→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Howard→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, John Paul→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Mary Louise→
director · ~46y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARKER, Sarah Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Hilary→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2012-07-24
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned
BUTTERWORTH, Hilary→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2012-07-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-02