THE INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED

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02644149 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-09-09

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

Likely organising and promoting organ music festivals and concerts — probably centred on St. Albans — including booking performers, coordinating venues, managing event logistics, and supporting related performing arts activities on an ongoing basis.

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90020Support activities to performing arts

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

65 officers (8 active, 65 linked, 59 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

204 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (125 events)Click to expand

2025-05-13
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2024-06-27
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2024-06-26
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2024-06-26
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address · AD01
2024-06-21
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officers · TM01
2024-06-17
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accounts · AA
2024-03-02
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PENNY, Jonathan Nicholas appointed
director
2024-03-02
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WOOD, Christopher Barry appointed
director
2024-03-02
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KING, Lesley Melissa Colquhoun resigned
director
2023-05-18
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accounts · AA
2022-07-19
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accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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2021-11-10
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BLAKE, James Murray appointed
director
2021-06-24
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accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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officers · AP01
2021-05-24
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officers · TM01
2021-05-18
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SMITH, Heather Frances appointed
director
2021-04-13
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HAMILL, Stephen Richard resigned
director
2020-04-08
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accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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officers · AP01
2019-09-11
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HURFORD, Michael John appointed
director
2019-03-25
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accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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2018-09-25
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BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris resigned
director
2018-06-12
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accounts · AA
2018-02-24
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HAMILL, Stephen Richard appointed
director
2017-06-06
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GREGSON, Peter John, Sir resigned
director
2016-12-30
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MORRISH, John Peter resigned
director
2016-07-27
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COVEY-CRUMP, Rogers Henry Lewis appointed
director
2016-02-20
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BOWDEN, Michael Leslie resigned
secretary
2016-02-20
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BOWDEN, Michael Leslie resigned
director
2016-01-14
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BROADBENT, Richard John resigned
director
2015-10-20
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KING, Lesley Melissa Colquhoun appointed
director
2015-04-01
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BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris appointed
director
2015-04-01
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BROADBENT, Richard John appointed
director
2015-04-01
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GREGSON, Peter John, Sir appointed
director
2015-03-31
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BOFFEY, Stephen Arthur, Dr resigned
director
2015-03-31
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HAMILTON, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2015-03-31
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JOHNSON, Michael Harvey resigned
director
2015-03-31
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TUCKER, Angela Mary Edith resigned
director
2014-09-01
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HOSSELL, Marian Joyce resigned
director
2014-02-22
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BOWDEN, Michael Leslie appointed
secretary
2014-02-22
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MCNAMARA, Aideen Catherine resigned
secretary
2014-02-22
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BOWDEN, Michael Leslie appointed
director
2014-02-22
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HAMILTON, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-02-22
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MCNAMARA, Aideen Catherine resigned
director
2014-02-22
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MORRISH, John Peter appointed
director
2014-02-22
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WARDLE, Michael resigned
director
2013-05-31
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BLACKIE, Adam Arthur resigned
director
2013-02-23
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MCNAMARA, Aideen Catherine appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Incorporated1991-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

11 Hatfield Road

St. Albans

AL1 3RR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24