GOLDCREST MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01670265 · ltd · incorporated 1982-10-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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 (82/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
24 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
134 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-11-24
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    QUESTED, Christopher John appointed
    director
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-08
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-10-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-09-30
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    B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2015-07-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2000-02-07
    ➖
    TAN, Selena resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-02-07
    ➕
    B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1995-09-28
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    QUESTED, John resigned
    secretary
  21. 1995-09-28
    ➕
    TAN, Selena appointed
    secretary
  22. 1995-08-21
    ➕
    QUESTED, Nicholas appointed
    director
  23. 1995-08-21
    ➖
    QUESTED, Barbara resigned
    director
  24. 1995-08-15
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Stephen Robert resigned
    director
  25. 1993-06-11
    ➕
    QUESTED, Barbara appointed
    director
  26. 1992-10-02
    ➕
    QUESTED, John appointed
    secretary
  27. 1992-10-02
    ➖
    TAN, Selena resigned
    secretary
  28. 1992-10-02
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  29. 1992-10-02
    ➖
    TAN, Selena resigned
    director
  30. 1982-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOLDCREST MUSIC LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — QUESTED, Christopher John (same surname) appointed 2021-11-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Goldcrest Investment Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Goldcrest Investment Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent
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GOLDCREST MUSIC LIMITED
This company · 01670265

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Goldcrest Investment Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/07/2016

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
Incorporated1982-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 Lexington Street
London
W1F 9AF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

QUESTED, Christopher John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-11-24
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Active
QUESTED, John→
director · ~91y
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Active
QUESTED, Nicholas→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUESTED, John→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-02 · resigned 1995-09-28
Resigned
TAN, Selena→
secretary · appointed 1995-09-28 · resigned 2000-02-07
Resigned
TAN, Selena→
secretary · resigned 1992-10-02
Resigned
B. H. COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-02-07 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Stephen Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 1992-10-02 · resigned 1995-08-15
Resigned
QUESTED, Barbara→
director · ~90y · appointed 1993-06-11 · resigned 1995-08-21
Resigned
TAN, Selena→
director · ~65y · resigned 1992-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (134 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-22