23 RECORDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13797239 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-13
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-03-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 23 RECORDINGS LIMITED
  7. 2021-12-13
    BIANCHI, David Norman appointed
    director
  8. 2021-12-13
    DAWKINS, John Redvers appointed
    director
  9. 2021-12-13
    EMBER, Nicholas Charles appointed
    director
  10. 2021-12-13
    LUXON, Stuart Matthew Thomas appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

40/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Matthew Thomas Luxon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
board controlboard control13/12/2021
Mr Nicholas Charles Ember
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
board controlboard control13/12/2021
Mr David Norman Bianchi
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
board controlboard control13/12/2021
Mr John Redvers Dawkins
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
board controlboard control13/12/2021

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
Incorporated2021-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Suite 303 Pill Box Studios
115 Coventry Road
London
E2 6GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BIANCHI, David Norman
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-12-13
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Active
DAWKINS, John Redvers
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-12-13
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Active
EMBER, Nicholas Charles
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-12-13
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Active
LUXON, Stuart Matthew Thomas
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-12-13
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-13