AUDIO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04619243 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£8.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,308

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£8k
Current Assets
£11k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£11kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£8.3k—
Current assets£10.6k—
Cash£8.6k—
Debtors£1.9k—
Net assets£8.3k—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-08
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  2. 2024-03-26
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  3. 2023-03-15
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  4. 2022-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-02
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    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-02-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-01-29
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  8. 2021-08-29
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  9. 2020-11-30
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  10. 2019-07-24
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  11. 2019-07-24
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  12. 2018-08-29
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  13. 2017-11-29
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  14. 2017-08-30
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  15. 2016-08-24
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  16. 2014-06-10
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    HARVEY, David resigned
    director
  17. 2013-12-13
    ➖
    NOCK, Joanne Brenda resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-12-13
    ➖
    NOCK, Joanne Brenda resigned
    director
  19. 2003-04-14
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    HARVEY, David appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-14
    ➖
    MERRIMAN, Geoffrey Milton resigned
    director
  21. 2002-12-18
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-12-18
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AUDIO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
  24. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    JONES, Charles Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    NOCK, Joanne Brenda appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    MERRIMAN, Geoffrey Milton appointed
    director
  28. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    NOCK, Joanne Brenda appointed
    director
  29. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Mark Jones
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2002-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

45 Market Street
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 2BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

JONES, Charles Mark→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOCK, Joanne Brenda→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2013-12-13
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
HARVEY, David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-04-14 · resigned 2014-06-10
Resigned
MERRIMAN, Geoffrey Milton→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2003-04-14
Resigned
NOCK, Joanne Brenda→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2013-12-13
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30