AUDIOBEAT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02452537 · ltd · incorporated 1989-12-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
110 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-01-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-20➖GILL, Craig Douglas resigneddirector
- 2016-01-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-09-30➖HINGLEY, Thomas resignedsecretary
- 2011-09-30➖HINGLEY, Thomas resigneddirector
- 2011-09-24➕WALSH, Martyn John appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-18➕BOON, Clinton David appointeddirector
- 1997-12-31➖BOON, Clinton David resigneddirector
- 1995-12-10➖CLEGG, Brenda Lynn resignedsecretary
- 1995-12-10➕HINGLEY, Thomas appointedsecretary
- 1992-09-28➖BOGGIANO, Anthony resignedsecretary
- 1992-09-28➕CLEGG, Brenda Lynn appointedsecretary
- 1992-09-28➖BOGGIANO, Anthony resigneddirector
- 1989-12-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AUDIOBEAT 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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.)
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| AERIAL FITNESS LTD→ 15487206 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AL MEDINA HAJJ & UMRAH TOURS LIMITED→ 11056812 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AM FITNESS COACH LIMITED→ 13912313 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ANDYYATESPT LIMITED→ 15562378 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ANGLO WEST INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB CIC→ 12263789 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| APPLIED FITNESS LIMITED→ 14930899 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ARCADE POP UP LTD→ 15204318 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ASHTON NINTAI KARATE CIC→ 14373820 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ASHTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED→ 02471345 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 36y | — | — |
| AVRO FC FIRST TEAM LIMITED→ 14931069 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts
Registered office
3 Slack Hall
Austerlands
Oldham
OL4 3QU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)
WALSH, Martyn John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-09-24
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BOON, Clinton David→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
BOGGIANO, Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-09-28
CLEGG, Brenda Lynn→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-09-28 · resigned 1995-12-10
HINGLEY, Thomas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-12-10 · resigned 2011-09-30
BOGGIANO, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · resigned 1992-09-28
BOON, Clinton David→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 1997-12-31
GILL, Craig Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · resigned 2016-11-20
HINGLEY, Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · resigned 2011-09-30
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Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-31