ABKCO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09566832 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-29
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£803.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
26 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 £803,252
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£803k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £803.3k | £746.2k |
| Current assets | £1.34M | — |
| Cash | £1.18M | £1.65M |
| Debtors | £157.2k | — |
| Net assets | £803.3k | £746.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-05-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-04-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ABKCO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2015-04-29➕COLEMAN, Alisa Beth appointeddirector
- 2015-04-29➕JANAIRO, Reynald Reuben Reyes appointeddirector
- 2015-04-29➕KLEIN, Jody Hart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jody Hart Klein Individual · American · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 29/05/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Abkco Music, Inc.ceased 29/05/2026· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities
Registered office
Delamere House
Bakers Lane
Stoke Bruerne
Nothamptonshire
NN12 7SF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
COLEMAN, Alisa Beth→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2015-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JANAIRO, Reynald Reuben Reyes→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-04-29
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KLEIN, Jody Hart→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (26 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-19