FLUORESCENT FILMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC295929 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£15.1k
Current assets—£20.5k
Net assets—£15.1k
Average employees0—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-10-24
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  3. 2025-10-24
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  4. 2025-10-24
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  5. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-10-17
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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  9. 2020-12-22
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  10. 2019-12-05
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  11. 2018-07-17
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  12. 2017-08-29
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  13. 2016-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-09
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  15. 2015-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As FLUORESCENT FILMS LIMITED
  17. 2006-01-24
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    AITCHISON, John Robert appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-01-24
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    AITCHISON, John Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-24
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    AITCHISON, Mary-Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2006-01-24
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    THORNTON, Alan Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-24
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    THORNTON, Christina appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Ivy Cottage, Keills
Tayvallich
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

AITCHISON, John Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-24
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AITCHISON, John Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-01-24
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Active
AITCHISON, Mary-Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-01-24
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Active
THORNTON, Alan Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-01-24
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Active
THORNTON, Christina→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-01-24
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22