YOUNG FILMS FOUNDATION

🏛️Establishedactive
SC552192 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2016-12-08
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.
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£43k£64k£85k£106kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets—£109.7k
Current assets—£106.4k
Net assets—£529

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2016-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As YOUNG FILMS FOUNDATION
  10. 2016-12-08
    ➕
    BROOK, Julie Nicola appointed
    director
  11. 2016-12-08
    ➕
    GORDON, Iain Andrew appointed
    director
  12. 2016-12-08
    ➕
    YOUNG, Charles Patrick appointed
    director
  13. 2016-12-08
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    YOUNG, Roger Christopher appointed
    director
  14. 2016-12-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-12-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2016-12-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

Fas Sabhal Mor Ostaig
Sleat
Isle Of Skye
Inverness-Shire
IV44 8RQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BROOK, Julie Nicola→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-08
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Active
GORDON, Iain Andrew→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-12-08
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Active
YOUNG, Charles Patrick→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-12-08
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Active
YOUNG, Roger Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-08
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-30