DIAMOND MUSIC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03145146 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,559

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£10k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£9.6k£19
Current assets—£19
Net assets£9.6k£9.6k

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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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-09-23
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  4. 2022-09-23
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  5. 2021-08-29
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  6. 2020-09-11
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  7. 2019-10-02
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  8. 2018-09-27
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  9. 2017-10-12
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  10. 2016-10-04
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  11. 2016-01-13
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  12. 2015-10-03
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  13. 2015-01-14
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  15. 2014-02-01
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  16. 1996-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DIAMOND MUSIC LIMITED
  17. 1996-01-11
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    BUTLER, Susan Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  18. 1996-01-11
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    BUTLER, Alan appointed
    director
  19. 1996-01-11
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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  20. 1996-01-11
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Butler
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

4 Laing Close
Bardney
Lincoln
LN3 5XS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BUTLER, Susan Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-11
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Active
BUTLER, Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-01-11
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Active
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 1996-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-01-13
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2025-09-24
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2025-01-06
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2024-08-22
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2024-01-10
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2023-09-23
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2023-01-06
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2022-09-23
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2022-01-07
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2021-08-29
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2021-01-06
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accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-08