BARKING MUSIC AND DRAMA

🌳Matureactive

05979242 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-10-26

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£26.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

22 officers (10 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £26,558

Net assets shrinking

Down £30 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£27k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£27k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£26.6k	£26.6k
Current assets	£26.6k	£26.6k
Net assets	£26.6k	£26.6k

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

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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officers · TM01
2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2026-01-05
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KANE, Daryl Alfred resigned
director
2024-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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officers · AP01
2023-09-05
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officers · CH01
2023-09-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-05
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officers · AP01
2023-09-05
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officers · TM01
2023-09-05
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officers · TM01
2023-09-04
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AKROYD, Jennifer appointed
director
2023-09-04
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DEXTER WYER, Scott appointed
director
2023-09-04
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SPOONER, Faye appointed
director
2023-09-04
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DOCHERTY, Bernice Jean resigned
director
2023-09-04
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SLADE, Mavis Pearl resigned
director
2022-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-16
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officers · TM01
2021-09-15
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PATERSON, Zoe appointed
director
2021-09-15
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KITE, Susan Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-09-01
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CURSON, Mark Anthony resigned
director
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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CLARKE, Marie Sally resigned
director
2018-08-29
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DOCHERTY, Bernice Jean appointed
director
2017-10-28
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GILSON, Stephen David appointed
secretary
2017-10-28
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CABLE, Phillip Mark resigned
secretary
2017-10-28
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CABLE, Phillip Mark resigned
director
2017-10-28
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CURSON, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2015-11-01
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KANE, Samantha Rose appointed
director
2015-11-01
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O'CONNELL, Anthony appointed
director
2015-11-01
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CLARKE, Marie Sally appointed
director
2015-09-28
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RUSSELL, Lin Ann resigned
director
2015-09-28
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VIVIAN, Michael David resigned
director
2008-09-08
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KITE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-05-01
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WOZNICKI, Susan resigned
director
2007-08-01
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WOZNICKI, Susan appointed
director
2007-07-01
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PITCHER, Katherine resigned
director
2006-10-26
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Company incorporated
As BARKING MUSIC AND DRAMA
2006-10-26
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GILSON, Stephen David appointed
director
2006-10-26
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LAMBERT, Judith Anne appointed
director
2006-10-26
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LUCAS, Anthony Martin appointed
director
2006-10-26
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CABLE, Phillip Mark appointed
secretary
2006-10-26
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CABLE, Phillip Mark appointed
director
2006-10-26
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KANE, Daryl Alfred appointed
director
2006-10-26
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PITCHER, Katherine appointed
director
2006-10-26
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RUSSELL, Lin Ann appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-10-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Kingsley Hall

Parsloes Avenue

Dagenham

Essex

RM9 5NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-21

Last: 2025-09-07