29 STUDIOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC358469 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£79.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Video production activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £79,722

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£106k

Net Worth

£80k

Current Assets

£495k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31
Total assets	£79.7k
Current assets	£495.4k
Cash	£105.7k
Debtors	£389.7k
Net assets	£79.7k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2025-05-20
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accounts · AA01
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-05-23
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undefined · ANNOTATION
2022-05-23
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capital · SH01
2022-05-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-23
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officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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gazette · DISS40
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2021-08-24
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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mortgage · MR01
2020-05-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2020-05-07
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DUNLEAVY, Katelin appointed
director
2013-03-05
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MCKINNON, David James resigned
director
2011-07-01
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MCKINNON, David James appointed
director
2010-09-20
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O'NEIL, Gillian appointed
secretary
2009-04-21
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Company incorporated
As 29 STUDIOS LIMITED
2009-04-21
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MCGUNIGAL, Lynne Anne appointed
director
2009-04-21
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O'NEIL, Gillian Lorraine appointed
director
2009-04-21
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O'NEIL, Kevin appointed
director
2009-04-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-04-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-04-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-04-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Katelin Dunleavy Individual · British · DOB 11/1992 · age 34	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/05/2020
Mr Kevin O'Neil Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Lorraine O'Neil Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Lynne Anne Mcgunigal Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

84 Miller Street

Glasgow

G1 1DT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-05

Last: 2025-04-21