FELLSIDE RECORDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03958499 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-28

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	3	300

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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2025-10-10
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2025-03-20
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2025-03-17
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2025-01-09
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2024-01-25
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2022-08-16
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2022-08-15
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ADAMS, Paul Stuart resigned
director
2022-08-15
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officers · TM01
2022-08-15
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2021-11-25
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2021-06-07
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2021-06-07
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officers · CH01
2021-01-11
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2019-11-27
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2019-06-04
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address · AD01
2019-03-22
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2019-03-22
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2014-09-25
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ADAMS, Richard Paul appointed
director
2014-09-25
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REID, Susan Mary appointed
director
2000-03-28
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Company incorporated
As FELLSIDE RECORDINGS LIMITED
2000-03-28
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ADAMS, Linda appointed
secretary
2000-03-28
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ADAMS, Linda appointed
director
2000-03-28
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
2000-03-28
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
2000-03-28
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ADAMS, Paul Stuart appointed
director
2000-03-28
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
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2000-03-28
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Linda Adams Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	16/03/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Paul Stuart Adamsceased 15/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Paul Stuart Adamsceased 16/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2000-03-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 7b Lakeland Business Park

Lamplugh Road

Cockermouth

Cumbria

CA13 0QT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ADAMS, Linda→

secretary · appointed 2000-03-28

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Active

ADAMS, Linda→

director · ~72y · appointed 2000-03-28

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Active

ADAMS, Richard Paul→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-09-25

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Active

REID, Susan Mary→

director · ~45y · appointed 2014-09-25

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Active

HARRISON, Irene Lesley→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-28 · resigned 2000-03-28

Resigned

ADAMS, Paul Stuart→

director · ~78y · appointed 2000-03-28 · resigned 2022-08-15

Resigned

BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-28 · resigned 2000-03-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-15

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-08-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-11-25