ACCORDER MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06778832 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-23
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
£2.47M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£2.47M£2.23M
Gross profit£542.6k£508.2k
Operating profit£-226£232
Profit before tax—£232
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-01
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    PEER, Ralph Wilson appointed
    director
  5. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-07-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-07-12
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-07-10
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    address · AD01
  15. 2018-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-07-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-07-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-07-02
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    ELDERTON, Nigel Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2018-07-02
    ➕
    FLYNN, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2018-07-02
    ➖
    FORREST, Simon George resigned
    director
  21. 2018-07-02
    ➖
    TRACEY, Paul Christopher Neame, Mr. resigned
    director
  22. 2018-07-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2010-11-03
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    DERRINGTONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCORDER MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
  25. 2008-12-23
    ➕
    MILLER, Anne Susan appointed
    director
  26. 2008-12-23
    ➕
    DERRINGTONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-12-23
    ➕
    FORREST, Simon George appointed
    director
  28. 2008-12-23
    ➕
    TRACEY, Paul Christopher Neame, Mr. appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ralph Iverson Peer Ii
Individual · American · DOB 08/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/07/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Simon George Forrestceased 02/07/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Ms Anne Susan Millerceased 02/07/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Greyhound House
23-24 George Street
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 1HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ELDERTON, Nigel Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLYNN, Paul Anthony→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Anne Susan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEER, Ralph Wilson→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DERRINGTONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-23 · resigned 2010-11-03
Resigned
FORREST, Simon George→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-12-23 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned
TRACEY, Paul Christopher Neame, Mr.→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-12-23 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-18