EPIC PLAYBOOKS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC400301 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-25

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.

· Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
· Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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TAYLOR, Rikki Rois appointed
director
2023-12-12
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2011-05-25
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Company incorporated
As EPIC PLAYBOOKS LTD
2011-05-25
➕
TAPPENDEN, Bryan appointed
secretary
2011-05-25
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TAPPENDEN, Bryan James appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

Group structure

Taleka Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Taleka Ltd

Corporate parent

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EPIC PLAYBOOKS LTD

This company · SC400301

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Taleka Ltd Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	01/01/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Bryan James Tappendenceased 13/04/2026· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2011-05-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Albert Place

Stirling

FK8 2QL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-08

Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TAPPENDEN, Bryan→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-25

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Active

TAPPENDEN, Bryan James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-05-25

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Active

TAYLOR, Rikki Rois→

director · ~47y · appointed 2023-12-12

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Active

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-08

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-06-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-21

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-06-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-02-19

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2023-12-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-02-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-02-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-01