AURA MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10144586 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-25
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-292024-04-29

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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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  2. 2026-04-29
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  3. 2026-04-21
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  4. 2026-04-21
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  5. 2026-04-21
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  6. 2026-03-02
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  7. 2026-03-02
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  8. 2026-01-08
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  9. 2026-01-08
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  10. 2025-12-03
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  11. 2025-12-03
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  12. 2025-12-03
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  13. 2025-11-19
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  14. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2025-11-19
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  16. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  18. 2025-01-27
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  19. 2024-12-18
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  20. 2024-11-09
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  21. 2024-11-08
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  22. 2024-11-05
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  23. 2016-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AURA MUSIC LIMITED
  24. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    CROCKETT, Bethany Victoria appointed
    secretary
  25. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    ASHBY, Zoe Melinda appointed
    director
  26. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    CROCKETT, Bethany Victoria appointed
    director
  27. 2016-04-25
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    CROCKETT, David John 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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
Miss Bethany Victoria Crockett
Individual · British · DOB 03/1993 · age 33
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2026
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Bethany Victoria Crockettceased 01/03/2026· 25-50% shares
  • Mr David John Crockettceased 10/11/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Ms Zoe Melinda Ashbyceased 10/11/2025· 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
Incorporated2016-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

Office 7 The Old Police House
34 Station Rd
Urmston
Manchester
M41 9JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CROCKETT, Bethany Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active
ASHBY, Zoe Melinda→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active
CROCKETT, Bethany Victoria→
director · ~33y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active
CROCKETT, David John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2026-06-17
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accounts · AA
2026-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19