17 CHERRY TREE LANE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02423256 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-15
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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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-26➕FINCH, Alan Arthur appointeddirector
- 2020-08-26➖ALLOTT, Nicholas David resigneddirector
- 2020-08-25➕KNIBB, Richard Trevor appointeddirector
- 2020-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-02-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-08-31➖DALCO, Matthew George John resigneddirector
- 2006-07-25➕PAPPAS, F Richard appointeddirector
- 2003-03-28➖MCCALLUM, Martin Jeffrey resigneddirector
- 2002-04-08➕ALLOTT, Nicholas David appointeddirector
- 2001-04-27➕KNIBB, Richard Trevor appointedsecretary
- 2001-04-27➖ROSE, David Michael resignedsecretary
- 2001-04-27➕DALCO, Matthew George John appointeddirector
- 1993-07-30➖MACKINTOSH, Cameron Anthony, Sir resigneddirector
- 1989-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs 17 CHERRY TREE LANE LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 31/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Leisure & entertainment · WC postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 SOUND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED→ 08399206 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| 10804519 LIMITED→ 10804519 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 109 STUDIOS LTD→ 14341272 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 10TH PLANET MILTON KEYNES LTD→ 16698517 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11:11 TRAVELS LTD→ 16293266 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 111 MUSIC GROUP LTD→ 15843348 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 111 RECORDS LTD→ 17077536 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 GOING ON 30 MUSICAL LTD→ 15912563 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 13G30 INVESTMENT LTD→ 15975397 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 1408 GAME STUDIO LTD→ 16801695 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 180 COLLECTIVE LTD→ 15237600 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 1903 LIMITED→ 13596401 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts
Registered office
1 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3RB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
KNIBB, Richard Trevor→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-04-27
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FINCH, Alan Arthur→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-08-26
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KNIBB, Richard Trevor→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-08-25
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PAPPAS, F Richard→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2006-07-25
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ROSE, David Michael→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2001-04-27
ALLOTT, Nicholas David→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2020-08-26
DALCO, Matthew George John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2001-04-27 · resigned 2007-08-31
MACKINTOSH, Cameron Anthony, Sir→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 1993-07-30
MCCALLUM, Martin Jeffrey→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2003-03-28
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Recent filings (116 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-28