BALLOON ENTERTAINMENT SCOTLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC740760 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-09
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Net assets£100

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2024-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BALLOON ENTERTAINMENT SCOTLAND LTD
  9. 2022-08-09
    ELSLEY, Bryan Christopher appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-09
    TAGGART, Lindsay Michelle appointed
    director
  11. 2022-08-09
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Balloon Entertainment Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Balloon Entertainment Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BALLOON ENTERTAINMENT SCOTLAND LTD
This company · SC740760

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Balloon Entertainment Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

204 West George Street Lower Ground Floor
Glasgow
G2 2PQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ELSLEY, Bryan Christopher
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-08-09
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Active
TAGGART, Lindsay Michelle
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-08-09
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-09