WICKED COSTUMES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC726973 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.83M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,833,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£6.8m
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.83M | £6.22M |
| Debtors | £2.24M | £1.75M |
| Net assets | £6.83M | £6.22M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-08-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06➕HODGE, Adrian Mark appointeddirector
- 2022-04-06➕MCALLISTER, Emma appointeddirector
- 2022-04-06➕MCALLISTER, Steven James Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2022-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs WICKED COSTUMES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2022-03-21➕MCALLISTER, Craig William appointeddirector
- 2022-03-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Emma Mcallister Individual · British · DOB 09/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2022 |
Mr Craig William Mcallister Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/03/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
6 Brewster Place
Riverside Business Park
Irvine
KA11 5DD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
HODGE, Adrian Mark→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2022-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALLISTER, Craig William→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2022-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALLISTER, Emma→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2022-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALLISTER, Steven James Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-04-06
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-21