LENSBRUSH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC259555 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-14.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,959
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£701
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£9k-£4k£773£6k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-14.0k£-11.5k
Current assets£7.1k£10.6k
Cash£701£2.1k
Debtors£6.4k£8.5k
Net assets£-14.0k£-11.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-10-31
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  4. 2022-12-30
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  5. 2022-03-24
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  6. 2021-01-22
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  7. 2020-01-03
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  8. 2019-01-04
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  9. 2018-12-18
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  10. 2018-02-23
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  11. 2016-12-22
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  12. 2015-12-16
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  13. 2015-12-13
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  14. 2014-12-19
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  15. 2014-12-01
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  16. 2003-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As LENSBRUSH LIMITED
  17. 2003-11-20
    ➕
    PRINT, Mark John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-11-20
    ➕
    PRINT, Diane Samantha appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-20
    ➕
    PRINT, Mark John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-11-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-11-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-11-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-11-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Mrs Diane Samantha Print
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Mark John Print
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

9 Kinpurnie Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 3HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRINT, Mark John→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINT, Diane Samantha→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINT, Mark John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2025-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
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2024-12-11
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2024-12-02
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2023-12-04
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2023-10-31
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2022-12-30
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2022-11-28
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2022-03-24
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2021-11-22
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2021-01-22
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2020-12-03
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2020-01-03
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2019-11-20
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accounts · AA
2019-01-04