A&G SONGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06035755 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-21
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
47 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
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees4400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-10-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-09-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-09-20
    ➕
    LIDSTONE, Roy appointed
    secretary
  10. 2023-09-20
    ➕
    LIDSTONE, Roy appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-20
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    GOODMAN, Philip Charles resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2006-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A&G SONGS LIMITED
  21. 2006-12-21
    ➕
    GENTILI, Augusto appointed
    director
  22. 2006-12-21
    ➕
    GOODMAN, Philip Charles appointed
    secretary

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Augusto Gentili
Individual · Italian · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Roy Lidstone
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/09/2023

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
Incorporated2006-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

14 Basing Hill
London
NW11 8TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LIDSTONE, Roy→
secretary · appointed 2023-09-20
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Active
GENTILI, Augusto→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-12-21
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Active
LIDSTONE, Roy→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-09-20
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Active
GOODMAN, Philip Charles→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-21 · resigned 2023-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-23
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-19