INKED ENTERTAINMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC514116 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-27

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 · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£-5.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £5,841

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£6k

↑ 88% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£-4.1k	£-43.1k
Current assets	£8.5k	£6.9k
Net assets	£-5.8k	£-49.9k

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 (18 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
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accounts · AA
2019-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-06-04
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2018-04-23
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PURSE, Deborah appointed
director
2018-04-23
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officers · AP01
2017-12-07
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accounts · AA
2017-09-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-09-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-09-17
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accounts · AA
2015-08-27
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Company incorporated
As INKED ENTERTAINMENT LTD
2015-08-27
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PURSE, David appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Deborah Purse Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/04/2018
Mr David Purse Individual · British · DOB 03/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Purseceased 28/08/2016· 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

Incorporated2015-08-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

19 Glamis Crescent

Blantyre

South Lanarkshire

G72 0TE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PURSE, David→

director · ~37y · appointed 2015-08-27

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PURSE, Deborah→

director · ~58y · appointed 2018-04-23

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