CHANDOS MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00860192 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 45.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 45.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 45.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-02
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-06
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officers · TM01
2025-12-20
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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
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CHALLIS, Isabella Linda Margarete resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
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accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2016-10-03
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YOUNG, Christopher William appointed
secretary
2016-10-03
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COUZENS, Ruth Mary appointed
director
2016-10-03
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YOUNG, Christopher William appointed
director
2016-10-03
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REVILL, Susan Wendy resigned
secretary
2016-10-03
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CHALLIS, Isabella Linda Margarete appointed
director
2016-10-03
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REVILL, Susan Wendy resigned
director
2015-04-17
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COUZENS, Brian William resigned
director
2011-10-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-08-18
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COUZENS, Ilse Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2005-08-18
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REVILL, Susan Wendy appointed
secretary
2005-08-18
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COUZENS, Ilse Elizabeth resigned
director
1996-06-30
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COUZENS, Philip Kenneth William resigned
director
1995-08-03
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COUZENS, Philip Kenneth William appointed
director
1981-05-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
1965-09-29
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Company incorporated
As CHANDOS MUSIC LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ralph George John Couzens Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	17/08/2016
Mr Ralph George John Couzens Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	17/04/2016

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

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1965-09-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Chandos House, 1 Commerce Park

Commerce Way

Colchester

Essex

CO2 8HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

YOUNG, Christopher William→

secretary · appointed 2016-10-03

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Active

COUZENS, Ralph George John→

director · ~69y

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Active

COUZENS, Ruth Mary→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-10-03

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Active

YOUNG, Christopher William→

director · ~70y · appointed 2016-10-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COUZENS, Ilse Elizabeth→

secretary · resigned 2005-08-18

Resigned

REVILL, Susan Wendy→

secretary · appointed 2005-08-18 · resigned 2016-10-03

Resigned

CHALLIS, Isabella Linda Margarete→

director · ~68y · appointed 2016-10-03 · resigned 2025-10-31

Resigned

COUZENS, Brian William→

director · ~93y · resigned 2015-04-17

Resigned

COUZENS, Ilse Elizabeth→

director · ~91y · resigned 2005-08-18

Resigned

COUZENS, Philip Kenneth William→

director · ~63y · appointed 1995-08-03 · resigned 1996-06-30

Resigned

REVILL, Susan Wendy→

director · ~71y · resigned 2016-10-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank LTD	Guarantee and dated 26.5.81 debenture	1 property	26/05/1981	19/10/2011

Recent filings (109 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-04

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name

officers · RP01AP01

2026-03-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-17

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-26