PRESENCE THEATRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06315043 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-07-17
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees200200

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-07-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-04-03
    ➕
    ELLWOOD, Colin Hume appointed
    director
  13. 2021-04-03
    ➖
    COBEN, Craig Bradley resigned
    director
  14. 2021-04-03
    ➖
    DUTTSON, Claire Caroline resigned
    director
  15. 2021-04-03
    ➖
    LYNE-PIRKIS, John Simon Alexander resigned
    director
  16. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2009-06-01
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    COBEN, Craig Bradley appointed
    director
  22. 2009-06-01
    ➕
    LYNE-PIRKIS, John Simon Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2007-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As PRESENCE THEATRE LIMITED
  24. 2007-07-17
    ➕
    CHALMERS, James Robert Alexander appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-07-17
    ➕
    CHALMERS, James Robert Alexander appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-17
    ➕
    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-07-17
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2007-07-17
    ➕
    DUTTSON, Claire Caroline appointed
    director
  29. 2007-07-17
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2007-07-17
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    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

55 Partridge Way
Guildford
Surrey
GU4 7DP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CHALMERS, James Robert Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHALMERS, James Robert Alexander→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLWOOD, Colin Hume→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-17 · resigned 2007-07-17
Resigned
COBEN, Craig Bradley→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2021-04-03
Resigned
DUTTSON, Claire Caroline→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-07-17 · resigned 2021-04-03
Resigned
LYNE-PIRKIS, John Simon Alexander→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2021-04-03
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-07-17 · resigned 2007-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-16