ANAM ALBA CREATIVE CIC

🌿Early-stageactive
SC754898 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-10
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-8.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86900Other human health activities
  • 90010Performing arts
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,504
Cash YoY
+2100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 2100% YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 2100% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£13k-£10k-£6k-£2k£1k£5kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-8.5k£-13.2k
Current assets£4.9k£224
Cash£4.9k£224
Net assets£-8.5k£-13.2k

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

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1 signal 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 (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANAM ALBA CREATIVE CIC
  7. 2023-01-10
    ARGYLE, Siobhan Mhairi appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-10
    BOOTH, Mary appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-10
    LARKIN, Francis appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-10
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Fiona Mary Larkin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
25–50%25-50% voting01/05/2024
Mrs Siobhan Mhairi Argyle
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

32 Register Road
Kilsyth
Glasgow
G65 0DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARGYLE, Siobhan Mhairi
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-01-10
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Active
BOOTH, Mary
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-01-10
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Active
LARKIN, Francis
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-01-10
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2023-01-10