AJS MUSIC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08773682 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-13
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£3.50M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,497,384
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,172 YoY
Cash YoY
+75%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
↑ 75% YoY
Net Worth
£3.5m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.50M | £3.51M |
| Current assets | £1.24M | £661.0k |
| Cash | £1.16M | £660.6k |
| Debtors | £80.1k | £397 |
| Net assets | £3.50M | £3.51M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-14➕MORRIS, Sylvia June appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2013-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AJS MUSIC LIMITED
- 2013-11-13➕MARSHALL, Grantley Evan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Grantley Evan Marshall Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
Suite 2c, Brosnan House
175, Darkes Lane
Potters Bar
EN6 1BW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MARSHALL, Grantley Evan→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2013-11-13
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MORRIS, Sylvia June→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-10-14
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-19