WICKED COSTUMES TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC401755 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-15
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 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£699.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £699,777
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£700k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£140k£280k£420k£560k£700kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£700.2k£612.5k
Cash£1.3k£1.3k
Net assets£699.8k£612.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-26
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  3. 2023-10-04
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  4. 2022-11-09
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  5. 2022-04-07
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  6. 2022-04-07
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-04-06
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    MCALLISTER, Craig William appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-06
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    MCALLISTER, Emma appointed
    director
  9. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2021-03-16
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  11. 2019-07-02
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  12. 2018-09-05
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  13. 2017-10-25
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  14. 2017-03-24
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  15. 2016-07-15
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  16. 2016-04-18
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  17. 2015-07-16
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  18. 2015-06-22
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  19. 2014-07-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2014-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2011-06-15
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    Company incorporated
    As WICKED COSTUMES TRADING LIMITED
  22. 2011-06-15
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    MCALLISTER, Alison appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-06-15
    ➕
    HODGE, Adrian Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2011-06-15
    ➕
    MCALLISTER, Steven James Kenneth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Wicked Costumes Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wicked Costumes Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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WICKED COSTUMES TRADING LIMITED
This company · SC401755

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
Wicked Costumes Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-06-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6 Brewster Place
Riverside Business Park
Irvine
KA11 5DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

MCALLISTER, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-15
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Active
HODGE, Adrian Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-06-15
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Active
MCALLISTER, Craig William→
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-04-06
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Active
MCALLISTER, Emma→
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-04-06
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Active
MCALLISTER, Steven James Kenneth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-06-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge3 properties08/07/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—03/06/2014—
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Recent filings (35 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
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officers · AP01
2022-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-02