SILVAN STUDIO LTD.

🌿Early-stageactive
SC716407 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,986
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 1125% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↑ 360% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£31k£38kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£65.6k£34.2k
Current assets£38.3k£8.3k
Net assets£10.0k£815

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    GODFREY, Mark resigned
    director
  5. 2023-03-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-03-28
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-03-28
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  8. 2022-03-03
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  9. 2022-01-25
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2022-01-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-01-25
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-01-21
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    WALKER, Christopher appointed
    director
  13. 2021-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-12-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2021-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As SILVAN STUDIO LTD.
  16. 2021-11-30
    ➕
    NOLAN, Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2021-11-30
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    GODFREY, Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2021-11-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2021-11-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2021-11-30
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  21. 2021-11-30
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Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Walker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/01/2022
Mr Thomas Nolan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/11/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Godfreyceased 28/03/2023· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2021-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

1 Baxtersyke Haddington
East Lothian
EH41 4PL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

NOLAN, Thomas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-11-30
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Active
WALKER, Christopher→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-01-21
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Active
GODFREY, Mark→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-11-30 · resigned 2023-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-25