CELTIC HARMONY

🌳Matureactive
03631395 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-09-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-04-23
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-01
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    DAVIS, Ian resigned
    director
  5. 2025-01-01
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    PARRELLA, Luca Andrea Luigi Maria resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-13
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    VINCENT, Stephen appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-13
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    FITZPATICK-MATTHEWS, Keith resigned
    director
  9. 2023-12-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-12-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-05
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  15. 2019-09-13
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  16. 2018-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-06
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2016-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-05-01
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    GROCOTT, John Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2015-05-01
    ➖
    PHIPPS, Arthur Leonard James resigned
    director
  23. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    FITZPATICK-MATTHEWS, Keith appointed
    director
  24. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    PHIPPS, Arthur Leonard James appointed
    director
  25. 1999-12-03
    ➕
    DAVIS, Ian appointed
    director
  26. 1998-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CELTIC HARMONY
  27. 1998-09-15
    ➕
    PARRELLA, Luca Andrea Luigi Maria appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-09-15
    ➕
    HOLT-PARRELLA, Clare Alice appointed
    director
  29. 1998-09-15
    ➕
    PARRELLA, Luca Andrea Luigi Maria appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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-limited-exemption
Incorporated1998-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

9 The Limberlost
Off Reynards Road
Welwyn
Hertfordshire
AL6 9TS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

PARRELLA, Luca Andrea Luigi Maria→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-15
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Active
GROCOTT, John Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-05-01
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Active
HOLT-PARRELLA, Clare Alice→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-09-15
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Active
VINCENT, Stephen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-12-13
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Active
DAVIS, Ian→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-12-03 · resigned 2025-01-01
Resigned
FITZPATICK-MATTHEWS, Keith→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2023-12-13
Resigned
PARRELLA, Luca Andrea Luigi Maria→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-09-15 · resigned 2025-01-01
Resigned
PHIPPS, Arthur Leonard James→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2015-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—22/05/2017—
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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05