AMV LIVE MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07273634 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-23
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  3. 2025-10-31
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    address · AD01
  4. 2025-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-07-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2025-05-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2025-03-31
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  11. 2024-03-28
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  12. 2023-03-22
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  13. 2022-03-25
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  14. 2021-06-30
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  15. 2020-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2019-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AMV LIVE MUSIC LIMITED
  19. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    FORSTER, Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    GARNER, Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

Vertigo Management Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Vertigo Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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AMV LIVE MUSIC LIMITED
This company · 07273634

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Paul Garner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/06/2016
Mr Michael Forster
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Vertigo Management Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Bearl Farm
Stocksfield
Northumberland
NE43 7AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FORSTER, Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active
GARNER, Andrew→
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25