PAGE BREAK LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC437345 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-21
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
£3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,597
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,513 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.5k | £10.2k |
| Current assets | £9.2k | £6.3k |
| Net assets | £3.6k | £5.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19➖SILVA, Michael Carlos resigneddirector
- 2023-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-03-30➕SILVA, Michael Carlos appointeddirector
- 2012-11-22➕BURKE, Dorothy Margaret appointeddirector
- 2012-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs PAGE BREAK LTD.
- 2012-11-21➕BURKE, Richard Liam appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Dorothy Margaret Burke Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 21/11/2016 |
Mr Richard Liam Burke Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 21/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities
Registered office
Banchory Business Centre
Burn O'Bennie Road
Banchory
AB31 5ZU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BURKE, Dorothy Margaret→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2012-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURKE, Richard Liam→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SILVA, Michael Carlos→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-03-30 · resigned 2023-12-19
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Recent filings (57 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-26