DANGEROUS STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC500145 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-58.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
27 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £58,459
Net assets shrinking
Down £58,811 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£58k
↓ 16708% YoY
Current Assets
£130k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£58k-£21k£17k£55k£92k£130kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£32.6k£58.4k
Current assets£130.1k£107.9k
Net assets£-58.5k£352

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-19
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-08-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2020-08-06
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  10. 2019-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2017-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DANGEROUS STUDIO LIMITED
  17. 2015-03-11
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    REILLY, Amy appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-11
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    REILLY, Brendan Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
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.
  • 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
Mr Brendan Thomas Reilly
Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Amy Reilly
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

Imperial House
Leith Docks
Edinburgh
EH6 7DN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

REILLY, Amy→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-03-11
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Active
REILLY, Brendan Thomas→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-03-11
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-06