ARCHWAY THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00571072 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1956-09-03

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

100 officers (19 active, 100 linked, 94 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

350 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (194 events)Click to expand

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FENN, Michael Alexander appointed
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2025-06-25
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KEENAN, Tulin appointed
director
2025-06-25
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MURTAGH, James David appointed
director
2025-06-25
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FIELD, Gregory resigned
director
2025-05-29
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2025-02-01
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EVANS, Leigh resigned
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2024-09-27
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2024-08-08
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2024-06-26
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COLES, Carolyn Frances resigned
director
2023-07-28
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2023-07-07
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2023-07-05
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HANNANT, Ali appointed
director
2023-07-05
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LOCK, Bryony appointed
director
2023-07-05
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CORNELL, Debra Patricia Ann resigned
director
2023-07-05
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DARTNELL, Geoffrey Thomas resigned
director
2023-07-05
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EVANS, Leigh appointed
director
2023-07-05
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HORDER, Katherine Ruth resigned
director
2022-06-29
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HANKIN, Neil Andrew appointed
director
2022-06-29
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WHITE, Elizabeth Anne appointed
director
2022-06-29
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BROWNE, Daudette resigned
director
2022-06-29
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COLES, Carolyn Frances appointed
director
2021-07-01
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MILLER, Howard Stanton appointed
director
2021-07-01
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BOUND, Rachel Natasha resigned
director
2021-07-01
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DARTNELL, Geoffrey Thomas appointed
director
2021-07-01
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HORDER, Katherine Ruth appointed
director
2021-07-01
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LAST, Tom resigned
director
2021-04-01
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DAY, Kevin David resigned
director
2020-08-26
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HUMPHREY, Mandy Gail appointed
director
2020-08-26
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ORD, Joanne Helen appointed
director
2020-08-26
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BOUND, Rachel Natasha appointed
director
2020-08-26
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CARTER, Neil Frederick resigned
director
2020-08-26
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CORNELL, Debra Patricia Ann appointed
director
2020-07-06
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COVEY, Ronald resigned
director

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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

-18 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1956-09-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Archway Theatre

The Drive

Horley

Surrey

RH6 7NQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24