HARK STUDIOS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC486449 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-10

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£103.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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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

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £103,783

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£100k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Net Worth

£104k

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Assets

£116k

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£103.8k	£100.1k
Current assets	£115.9k	£111.7k
Cash	£99.8k	£96.6k
Debtors	£16.1k	£15.1k
Net assets	£103.8k	£100.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-05-02
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2024-09-24
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2023-06-29
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2022-06-09
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2021-05-27
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accounts · AA
2020-06-22
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accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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address · AD01
2018-06-07
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officers · CH04
2018-04-26
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2017-06-10
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2016-05-25
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accounts · AA
2015-09-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-06
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2015-01-06
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2014-09-10
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Company incorporated
As HARK STUDIOS LIMITED
2014-09-10
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INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-09-10
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PAXTON, Jaime Cassie appointed
director
2014-09-10
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
director
2014-09-10
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jaime Cassie Paxton Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-09-10

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

5 Carden Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-09-10

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Active

PAXTON, Jaime Cassie→

director · ~49y · appointed 2014-09-10

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Active

COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→

director · ~53y · appointed 2014-09-10 · resigned 2014-09-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-09-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-01-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2018-09-10