THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02612429 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-20
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 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (65/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
36 officers (2 active, 36 linked, 31 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
148 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-09
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    BAKER, Gary Stephen resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-05-02
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    PILLMAN, Joseph Charles appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-04-30
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    STAUNTON, Susan Rosemary resigned
    director
  11. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-05
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    DANCE, Deborah Jane appointed
    director
  13. 2023-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-09-13
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    BLOCH, Andrew Charles Danby resigned
    director
  20. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-06-30
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    BAKER, Gary Stephen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2017-06-30
    ➖
    FUGGLE, Roland Eric resigned
    secretary
  23. 2017-06-30
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2017-06-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  25. 2016-12-05
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    JUDSON, Kathryn Jill resigned
    director
  26. 2016-12-05
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    STAUNTON, Susan Rosemary appointed
    director
  27. 2015-05-05
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    JUDSON, Kathryn Jill appointed
    director
  28. 2014-09-25
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    MALLYON, Catherine Rowena resigned
    director
  29. 2009-09-26
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    BLOCH, Andrew Charles Danby appointed
    director
  30. 2009-09-26
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    HAYWARD, Bridget Anne Veronica resigned
    director
  31. 2009-09-26
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    MALLYON, Catherine Rowena appointed
    director
  32. 2009-09-26
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    UPTON, Graham resigned
    director
  33. 2008-02-09
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    HAYWARD, Bridget Anne Veronica appointed
    director
  34. 2008-02-09
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    SARGANT, James Edmund resigned
    director
  35. 2006-02-11
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    MORRIS ADAMS, Richard Egerton resigned
    director
  36. 2004-09-25
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    BENNETT-JONES, Peter resigned
    director
  37. 2004-09-25
    ➖
    CARASSO, Helen resigned
    director
  38. 2004-09-25
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    CHRISTIAN, Maureen Lena resigned
    director
  39. 2004-09-25
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    ELTIS, Sos Ann, Dr resigned
    director
  40. 2004-09-25
    ➖
    FINLAY, David Francis Kerr resigned
    director
  41. 2004-09-25
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    HAYWARD, Bridget Anne Veronica resigned
    director
  42. 2004-09-25
    ➖
    HUTH, Angela resigned
    director
  43. 2004-09-25
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    JACOMB, Martin Wakefield, Sir resigned
    director
  44. 2004-09-25
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    WILLIAMS, Andrew Christopher resigned
    director
  45. 2004-06-12
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    MOSER, Claus, Lord resigned
    director
  46. 2003-08-05
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    FLEMMING, John Stanton resigned
    director
  47. 2002-02-16
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    BENNETT-JONES, Peter appointed
    director
  48. 2002-02-16
    ➕
    CARASSO, Helen appointed
    director
  49. 2002-02-16
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    CHRISTIAN, Maureen Lena appointed
    director
  50. 2002-02-16
    ➕
    ELTIS, Sos Ann, Dr appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 88 events

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

11-12 Beaumont Street
Oxford
OX1 2LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (2 active · 34 resigned)

DANCE, Deborah Jane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PILLMAN, Joseph Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 2023-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Gary Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2017-06-30 · resigned 2025-12-09
Resigned
COKER, Edgar Tom→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-16 · resigned 2001-07-30
Resigned
FUGGLE, Roland Eric→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-30 · resigned 2017-06-30
Resigned
ILES, Dennis John→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-17 · resigned 1995-05-20
Resigned
SURATGAR, David→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-20 · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned
BENNETT-JONES, Peter→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-09-25
Resigned
BLOCH, Andrew Charles Danby→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-09-26 · resigned 2018-09-13
Resigned
BOASE, Martin→
director · ~94y · appointed 1991-05-20 · resigned 1997-02-17
Resigned
BOYCE, Anthony John→
director · ~87y · appointed 1991-05-20 · resigned 1994-09-24
Resigned
CARASSO, Helen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-09-25
Resigned
CHRISTIAN, Maureen Lena→
director · ~90y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-09-25
Resigned
COLLEY, Peter→
director · ~55y · appointed 1994-10-12 · resigned 1995-06-24
Resigned
CURRAN, Stephen John→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-06-12 · resigned 1994-04-29
Resigned
ELTIS, Sos Ann, Dr→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-09-25
Resigned
FINLAY, David Francis Kerr→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-09-25
Resigned
FLEMMING, John Stanton→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2003-08-05
Resigned
GILLESPIE, Vincent, Dr→
director · ~72y · appointed 1994-10-12 · resigned 1999-10-16
Resigned
HAYWARD, Bridget Anne Veronica→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-02-09 · resigned 2009-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (148 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10