ABSOLUTE THEATRE COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
02606691 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1991-05-01
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-04-09
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    BUSWELL, Darren Star appointed
    director
  10. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-04-24
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    SCHEINDLINGER, Leigh Andrew resigned
    director
  13. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2009-03-23
    ➖
    MASON, Nicholas Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2005-05-09
    ➕
    DABBS, Janet Sarah appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-04-01
    ➖
    STACK, Suzannah Barbara resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    MASON, Nicholas Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2000-11-23
    ➖
    WEBB, Helen resigned
    director
  23. 2000-03-17
    ➕
    STACK, Suzannah Barbara appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-03-16
    ➖
    BOYEWSKA, Barbara resigned
    secretary
  25. 1994-04-13
    ➕
    BOYEWSKA, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-04-13
    ➖
    MARSTON, Suzanne Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  27. 1993-11-25
    ➖
    SAFIER, Elaine resigned
    director
  28. 1993-11-25
    ➕
    WEBB, Helen appointed
    director
  29. 1993-05-19
    ➖
    MYERS, Charles resigned
    director
  30. 1992-04-01
    ➖
    LEVY, Marcia resigned
    director
  31. 1991-10-10
    ➖
    CHAUVEAU, Anne resigned
    secretary
  32. 1991-10-10
    ➕
    MARSTON, Suzanne Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  33. 1991-05-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE THEATRE COMPANY
  34. 1991-05-01
    ➕
    CATTELL, Sarah Lesley Jane appointed
    director
  35. 1991-05-01
    ➕
    CHAUVEAU, Anne appointed
    secretary
  36. 1991-05-01
    ➕
    LEVY, Marcia appointed
    director
  37. 1991-05-01
    ➕
    SAFIER, Elaine appointed
    director
  38. 1991-05-01
    ➕
    SCHEINDLINGER, Leigh Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated1991-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

20 Inderwick Road
London
N8 9LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

DABBS, Janet Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSWELL, Darren Star→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTELL, Sarah Lesley Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 1991-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYEWSKA, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 1994-04-13 · resigned 2000-03-16
Resigned
CHAUVEAU, Anne→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-01 · resigned 1991-10-10
Resigned
MARSTON, Suzanne Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-10 · resigned 1994-04-13
Resigned
STACK, Suzannah Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-17 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
LEVY, Marcia→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-05-01 · resigned 1992-04-01
Resigned
MASON, Nicholas Robert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-11-23 · resigned 2009-03-23
Resigned
MYERS, Charles→
director · ~60y · resigned 1993-05-19
Resigned
SAFIER, Elaine→
director · ~60y · appointed 1991-05-01 · resigned 1993-11-25
Resigned
SCHEINDLINGER, Leigh Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 1991-05-01 · resigned 2020-04-24
Resigned
WEBB, Helen→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-11-25 · resigned 2000-11-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-08