1-800-DINOSAUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08541025 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-07
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    address · AD01
  14. 2017-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-06-14
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    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2013-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 1-800-DINOSAUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
  18. 2013-05-23
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    FOAT, Daniel James appointed
    director
  19. 2013-05-23
    ➕
    LITHERLAND, James Blake appointed
    director

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 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
James Blake Litherland
Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Daniel Foat
Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

2nd Floor Northumberland House
303-306 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7JZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOAT, Daniel James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-05-23
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Active
LITHERLAND, James Blake→
director · ~38y · appointed 2013-05-23
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26