BIRCHILL MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01331409 · ltd · incorporated 1977-09-26
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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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (81/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    HARRIES, Matthew Edward appointed
    director
  9. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    MARRINER, Douglas Lawrence appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-09
    ➖
    WILTON, Marian Rosalind resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-12-09
    ➖
    WILTON, Marian Rosalind resigned
    director
  12. 2024-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2024-10-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-03-16
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    MARRINER, Andrew Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-10-02
    ➖
    MARRINER, Neville, Sir resigned
    director
  24. 1996-06-14
    ➕
    WILTON, Marian Rosalind appointed
    director
  25. 1996-01-04
    ➖
    PARKINSON, Dale Hope resigned
    director
  26. 1977-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRCHILL MUSIC LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 97 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MARRINER, Douglas Lawrence (same surname) appointed 2024-12-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 97 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.)

Group structure

Birchill Music (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Birchill Music (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BIRCHILL MUSIC LIMITED
This company · 01331409

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Birchill Music (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Lady Elizabeth Mary Marrinerceased 14/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Sir Neville Marrinerceased 29/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Suite 13, 5 Hercules Way Leavesden Park
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD25 7GS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HARRIES, Matthew Edward→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARRINER, Andrew Stephen→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARRINER, Douglas Lawrence→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARRINER, Elizabeth Mary, Lady→
director · ~97y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILTON, Marian Rosalind→
secretary · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned
MARRINER, Neville, Sir→
director · ~102y · resigned 2016-10-02
Resigned
PARKINSON, Dale Hope→
director · ~108y · resigned 1996-01-04
Resigned
WILTON, Marian Rosalind→
director · ~83y · appointed 1996-06-14 · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (108 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30