CHURCH MOUSE STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04897271 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-12
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-12-23
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  4. 2024-03-12
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  5. 2023-12-19
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  6. 2022-12-20
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  7. 2021-12-30
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  8. 2021-02-23
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  9. 2019-11-25
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  10. 2018-12-29
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  11. 2017-12-27
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  12. 2016-12-18
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  13. 2015-12-19
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  14. 2015-09-13
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  15. 2014-12-22
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  16. 2003-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CHURCH MOUSE STUDIO LIMITED
  17. 2003-09-12
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    SCOBLE, Richard appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-09-12
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    SCOBLE, Hilary Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-12
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    SCOBLE, Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Scoble
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence12/09/2016
Mrs Hilary Jane Scoble
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence12/09/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

112a High Street
Hythe
Kent
CT21 5LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SCOBLE, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-12
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SCOBLE, Hilary Jane→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-09-12
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SCOBLE, Richard→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-09-12
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Recent filings (51 total)

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2025-12-18
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2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA01
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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2023-12-19
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2023-10-31
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2022-12-20
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2022-09-22
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2021-12-30
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2021-10-27
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2021-02-23
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2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-11-25