GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL EVENTS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

04348175 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-07

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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

Conservative operator with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.4y

95/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £7,679,508

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£7.68M	£5.93M
Average employees	105	9600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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officers · TM02
2023-10-05
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DICK, Aoife Sarah appointed
secretary
2023-10-05
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BLACKBURN, Joanne appointed
director
2023-10-05
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EAVIS, Elizabeth Ann resigned
secretary
2023-10-05
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-05
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officers · AP01
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
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BENN, Melvin John appointed
director
2021-11-05
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DONOHUE, Katharine Joanne appointed
director
2021-11-05
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LATHAM, Paul Robert resigned
director
2021-11-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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DONOHUE, Katharine Joanne resigned
director
2018-09-06
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DEWEY, Nicholas George appointed
director
2018-09-06
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DONOHUE, Katharine Joanne appointed
director
2017-11-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-01-04
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EAVIS, Emily Rose appointed
director
2013-01-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-10-01
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BENN, Melvin John resigned
director
2012-10-01
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LATHAM, Paul Robert appointed
director
2002-01-11
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BENN, Melvin John appointed
director
2002-01-07
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Company incorporated
As GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL EVENTS LIMITED
2002-01-07
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EAVIS, Michael appointed
director
2002-01-07
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EAVIS, Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
2002-01-07
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-07
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Emily Rose Eavis Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	22/10/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Eavisceased 22/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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ATTIC THEATRE LIMITED→ 01161935 · est 1974 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	52y	—	—
AUBURN DESIGN LIMITED→ 06421342 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
AWARD CAMPS LTD→ 15951514 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AYNIAB LTD→ 13301764 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AZURE LUXURY HOTEL COLLECTION LIMITED→ 04343743 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
BASKERVILLE`S HEALTH AND FITNESS LIMITED→ 06916513 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	—	—
BATH ARTS WORKSHOP LIMITED→ 01114273 · est 1973 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	52y	—	—
BATH ATTRACTIONS LTD→ 12304231 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-01-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Worthy Farm

Pilton

Shepton Mallet

Somerset

BA4 4BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24