NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01430784 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1979-06-19

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 39.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£90.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 39.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 39.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

58 officers (7 active, 58 linked, 46 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

225 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £90,770

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£91k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£113k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£122.8k	£90.5k
Current assets	£112.6k	£97.9k
Net assets	£90.8k	£79.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (125 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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GOUGH-COOPER, James Henry appointed
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2025-11-05
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2025-10-28
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2025-10-28
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2025-10-20
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BILLER, Constantine resigned
director
2025-09-30
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PHILPOTT, Thomas Henry resigned
director
2025-09-30
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2025-07-01
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CHAMBERLAIN, Paul appointed
director
2025-07-01
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GRIMOLDBY, Kate Victoria resigned
director
2025-07-01
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BUSH, John Richard, Dr resigned
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2024-11-06
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2023-05-18
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GRAHAM, Ronald Henry Joseph resigned
secretary
2023-02-09
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GILKS, Simon appointed
director
2022-09-21
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PHILPOTT, Thomas Henry appointed
director
2021-12-31
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THOMASSON, Peter, Dr resigned
director
2021-10-14
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WILBEY, Michael resigned
director
2020-11-19
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PHILLIPS, John Andrew appointed
director
2020-07-31
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ALLCARD, Malcolm David resigned
director
2020-07-31
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BROWN, Malcolm Robert resigned
director
2020-04-28
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BILLER, Constantine appointed
director
2020-01-31
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GRIMOLDBY, Kate Victoria appointed
director
2019-06-17
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ATHERTON, Naomi appointed
director
2019-06-17
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LATHAM, Louise resigned
director
2016-07-28
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GRAHAM, Ronald Henry Joseph appointed
secretary
2016-07-28
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SALEH, Morris resigned
secretary
2016-01-15
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BUSH, John Richard, Dr appointed
director
2016-01-15
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STEMP, Morris Philip resigned
director
2015-07-10
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BROWN, Malcolm Robert appointed
director
2014-06-30
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JONES, Alan Leslie resigned
director
2014-06-30
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SILCOCK, Duncan resigned
director
2013-07-10
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YATES, Christopher Malcolm resigned
director
2012-12-14
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SALEH, Morris appointed
secretary
2012-07-18
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WILLIAMS, Susan Vanessa resigned
secretary

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BILLER, Constantine resigned 2025-10-20; BUSH, John Richard, Dr resigned 2025-06-30; GRIMOLDBY, Kate Victoria resigned 2025-07-01

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1979-06-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Charter Buildings

9 Ashton Lane

Sale

Greater Manchester

M33 6WT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09