BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03281023 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-20
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 91012Archives activities
  • 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
93 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.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-08
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-09-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-09-20
    ➖
    BRECON JAZZ resigned
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2024-10-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-05
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  11. 2023-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-03-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2023-03-02
    ➕
    BRECON JAZZ appointed
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2023-02-21
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  15. 2023-02-20
    ➕
    BRECON JAZZ appointed
    corporate-director
  16. 2022-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-09-23
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  22. 2019-09-23
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  23. 2019-09-10
    ➕
    INFOMEDIA LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2019-09-10
    ➖
    CANNON, John resigned
    director
  25. 1996-11-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL LTD.
  26. 1996-11-20
    ➕
    CANNON, Roger John, Dr appointed
    secretary
  27. 1996-11-20
    ➕
    GORNALL, Lynne, Dr appointed
    director
  28. 1996-11-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-11-20
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh resigned
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-11-20
    ➕
    CANNON, John appointed
    director
  31. 1996-11-20
    ➕
    WOOLFORD, Leigh James appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 1996-11-20
    ➖
    WOOLFORD, Leigh James resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAZZ" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Roger John Cannon
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr Lynne Sylvia Gornallceased 07/12/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated1996-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

The Foundry
Bell Lane
Brecon
LD3 9EE
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CANNON, Roger John, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORNALL, Lynne, Dr→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRECON JAZZ→
corporate-director · appointed 2023-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INFOMEDIA LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2019-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-20 · resigned 1996-11-20
Resigned
BRECON JAZZ→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-03-02 · resigned 2025-09-20
Resigned
CANNON, John→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-11-20 · resigned 2019-09-10
Resigned
WOOLFORD, Leigh James→
nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 1996-11-20 · resigned 1996-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-05
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2023-02-21