ARTISAN EVENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC353736 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£166.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £166,016
Net assets shrinking
Down £40,686 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£166k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£181k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £166.0k | £206.7k |
| Current assets | £181.3k | £273.0k |
| Net assets | £166.0k | £206.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-02-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-12-15➕ZOLKWER, David appointeddirector
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2009-01-21➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
- 2009-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ARTISAN EVENTS LIMITED
- 2009-01-20➕GARDINER, Sarah Fiona appointeddirector
- 2009-01-20➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Sarah Gardiner Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr David Zolkwer Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/12/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
74 (Gf1) Craighall Road
Edinburgh
EH6 4RG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GARDINER, Sarah Fiona→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ZOLKWER, David→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2009-01-21
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Recent filings (48 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-07