AMADEUS CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA

🌳Matureactive

03653626 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-10-21

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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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (9 active, 19 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-30
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address · AD01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-05-12
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FORBES PECKHAM, Malcolm appointed
director
2024-04-16
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accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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HANBURY, Barbara Bridget resigned
director
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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accounts · AA01
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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accounts · AA
2017-05-11
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accounts · AA
2012-07-01
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
2008-04-30
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FLOOK, Philip George resigned
director
2007-06-28
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POPPER, Alfred resigned
director
2007-06-01
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AYLING, Nick appointed
director
2007-06-01
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FAULKS, Veronica appointed
director
2007-06-01
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WARREN, Ian appointed
director
2007-06-01
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HANBURY, Barbara Bridget appointed
director
2002-05-22
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POPPER, Alfred appointed
director
2002-05-22
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TURNER, Charles Robert resigned
director
2000-06-11
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PEEVERS, Jonathan Henry appointed
director
2000-06-08
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PATTERSON, Paul Leslie appointed
director
2000-06-08
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JARMAN, Terry resigned
director
2000-04-21
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FOX, Edward Charles appointed
director
2000-04-21
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MACKENZIE, Charlotte Katherine resigned
director
2000-04-17
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MACKENZIE, Philip appointed
secretary
2000-04-17
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MACKENZIE, Charlotte Katherine resigned
secretary
2000-04-05
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FLOOK, Philip George appointed
director
2000-04-05
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FRASER, Malcolm Peter resigned
director
2000-04-05
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JACKSON, David resigned
director
2000-04-05
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TURNER, Charles Robert appointed
director
1998-10-21
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Company incorporated
As AMADEUS CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
1998-10-21
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MACKENZIE, Philip appointed
director
1998-10-21
➕
HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
1998-10-21
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MACKENZIE, Charlotte Katherine appointed
secretary
1998-10-21
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FRASER, Malcolm Peter appointed
director
1998-10-21
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JACKSON, David appointed
director
1998-10-21
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JARMAN, Terry appointed
director
1998-10-21
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MACKENZIE, Charlotte Katherine appointed
director

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 89 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/09/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1998-10-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

The Old Vicarage

Culverhay

Wotton-Under-Edge

Gloucestershire

GL12 7LS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-22

Last: 2025-08-08