TIMOROUS BEASTIES (FACTORY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC531161 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-31
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees151500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2024-04-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2024-04-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As TIMOROUS BEASTIES (FACTORY) LIMITED
  18. 2016-03-31
    ➕
    MCAULEY, Alistair David appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-31
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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 59. 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Unit L
7 Craigend Place
Glasgow
G13 2UN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCAULEY, Alistair David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-03-31
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Active
SIMMONS, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-03-31
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—23/04/2024—
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30