NOCTURNE PRODUCTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC729982 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 62
  • · Bankability: 70 → 60
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → attractive
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 7162
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7060
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidattractive
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Apr 2024Apr 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-04-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NOCTURNE PRODUCTIONS LTD
  6. 2022-04-19
    MCCUAIG, Jordan Angus appointed
    director
  7. 2022-04-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-02

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jordan Angus Mccuaig
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/04/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · KA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
IBT TRAVEL LIMITED
SC299214 · est 2006
£4.59M
£3.57M£5.61M
£12.93M240020y9358y
ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
SC139602 · est 1992 · no financials extracted
33y8374y
L A BOWL (SCOTLAND) LTD.
SC392300 · est 2011
15y8382y
M & M THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS LTD
SC235693 · est 2002
23y8362y
THE STEAMSHIP SIR WALTER SCOTT TRUST
SC271149 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
21y8394y
WICKED COSTUMES LIMITED
SC347295 · est 2008
£1.61M17y8362y
BEITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
SC394148 · est 2011
£1.89M15y8274y
CLYDE MARINA LIMITED
SC155326 · est 1995
£1.09M31y8282y
HIREABAND LIMITED
SC233093 · est 2002
60023y8261y
MRC FITNESS & LEISURE LIMITED
SC087814 · est 1984
£20.1k42y8269y
LOCHRANZA AND CATACOL SEA SOCIETY C.I.C
SC324636 · est 2007
£27.6k18y8183y
NETHERTHIRD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
SC384419 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y8167y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

3a Park Circus
Ayr
South Ayrshire
KA7 2DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-02OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCCUAIG, Jordan Angus
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-04-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-19