MUCKLE STUDIOS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC659563 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-20

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 gazette

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-13
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-20
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Company incorporated
As MUCKLE STUDIOS LTD
2020-04-20
➕
CROWE, Stephanie Elena appointed
director
2020-04-20
➕
SINCLAIR, Kevin appointed
director
2020-04-20
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Ms Stephanie Elena Crowe Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	20/04/2020
Mr Kevin Sinclair Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	20/04/2020

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

Incorporated2020-04-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

26 Fairfield Road

Dundee

DD3 8HR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CROWE, Stephanie Elena→

director · ~34y · appointed 2020-04-20

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Active

SINCLAIR, Kevin→

director · ~35y · appointed 2020-04-20

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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-04-21

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-04-13