VIVOLUTION STUDIOS LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -76% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.5y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £325.1k | £292.5k |
| Current assets | £103.7k | £66.0k |
| Cash | £12.9k | £52.7k |
| Debtors | £90.8k | £13.3k |
| Net assets | £101.2k | £68.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-12-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-09-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-12-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-26➕ROGER, Mark Douglas appointeddirector
- 2020-09-23🏢Company incorporatedAs VIVOLUTION STUDIOS LIMITED
- 2020-09-23➕JOHAL, Dalvir Singh appointeddirector
- 2020-09-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Douglas Roger Individual · British · DOB 12/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Dalvir Singh Johalceased 26/11/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/11/2021 | — |