THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03507334 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-04

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

86 officers (13 active, 86 linked, 76 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

254 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (181 events)Click to expand

2026-07-11
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2026-01-30
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FIRTH, Paul appointed
director
2026-01-30
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FIRTH, Paul resigned
director
2026-01-30
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officers · AP01
2026-01-30
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officers · TM01
2025-10-04
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accounts · AA
2024-10-10
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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WALKER, Linda appointed
director
2024-08-30
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DRURY, Benjamin Charles resigned
director
2024-08-30
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officers · TM01
2024-08-30
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officers · AP01
2024-03-05
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officers · CH01
2024-03-05
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officers · CH03
2024-01-09
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officers · AP01
2024-01-01
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ALLUM, Nick appointed
director
2023-12-06
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officers · AP01
2023-12-06
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officers · TM01
2023-12-05
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2023-12-01
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MCGUINNESS, James appointed
director
2023-12-01
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CHALMERS, Daniel Curr Mcqueen resigned
director
2023-12-01
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WALKER, Linda resigned
director
2023-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
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officers · TM01
2023-08-10
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2023-08-01
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TWIST, Joanna Louise, Dr appointed
director
2023-08-01
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JONES, Sophia Mary resigned
director
2023-02-24
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officers · AP01
2023-01-18
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JONES, Sophia Mary appointed
director
2023-01-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-10
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officers · TM01
2023-01-10
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2023-01-01
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LAMBIE-KNIGHT, Safiya appointed
director
2023-01-01
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DRURY, Benjamin Charles appointed
director
2022-12-31
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TAYLOR, Geoffrey Michael Windsor, Mister resigned
director
2022-06-06
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DE BURGH-HOLDER, Charlotte Erin Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-06-06
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WOOD, Charles James resigned
director
2022-01-07
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EFTEKHARI, Azadeh resigned
director
2021-12-31
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ALLEN, Derek Richard resigned
director
2021-12-16
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WALKER, Linda appointed
director
2021-11-12
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ONG, Sulinna Fatemah resigned
director
2021-03-17
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MORTON, James Nicholas Robert resigned
director
2021-03-16
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EFTEKHARI, Azadeh appointed
director
2020-09-21
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CHALMERS, Daniel Curr Mcqueen appointed
director
2019-11-25
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CONNAUGHTON, Thomas resigned
director
2019-11-25
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ONG, Sulinna Fatemah appointed
director
2019-01-28
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CASTELLÓ, Eduard resigned
director
2018-12-01
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HILL, Andrew Steven appointed
director
2018-12-01
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O'REILLY, Christopher Meredith resigned
director
2018-09-24
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ARMSTRONG, Melanie Alexandra resigned
director

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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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Entertainment Retailers Association

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Bpi (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 03507334

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Entertainment Retailers Association Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/02/2017
Bpi (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/02/2017

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

Incorporated1998-02-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Golden Square

London

W1F 9HT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30