747 MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07139879 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-28
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-24.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £24,921

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£25k
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£73
↑ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£25k-£20k-£15k-£10k-£5k£73Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-23.9k£-11.5k
Current assets£73£38
Net assets£-24.9k£-12.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
  14. 2018-01-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2013-12-01
    ➖
    POULSON, Lisa resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-09-01
    ➕
    POULSON, Michael James appointed
    director
  19. 2010-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 747 MUSIC LIMITED
  20. 2010-01-28
    ➕
    POULSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2010-01-28
    ➕
    POULSON, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-01-28
    ➕
    CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-01-28
    ➖
    CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-01-28
    ➕
    DOCKING, John Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 2010-01-28
    ➖
    DOCKING, John Christopher resigned
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Poulson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Office 43, 1000 Lakeside
North Harbour
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3EZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

POULSON, Christopher→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POULSON, Michael James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POULSON, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-28 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-28 · resigned 2010-01-28
Resigned
DOCKING, John Christopher→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-01-28 · resigned 2010-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03