CORRIES (MUSIC) LTD., THE
🌳Matureactive
SC056353 · ltd · incorporated 1974-09-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 49.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 49.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 49.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-05 | 2024-09-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2 | £7.6k |
| Current assets | £12.2k | £7.6k |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-25➕BROWNE, Gavin John appointeddirector
- 2023-01-25➕BROWNE, Lauren Anne Violet appointeddirector
- 2023-01-25➕CHARLESTON, David George appointeddirector
- 2023-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-06➖FORDYCE, Forbes resignedsecretary
- 1990-12-21➕BROWNE, Ronald Grant appointeddirector
- 1990-12-21➖WILLIAMSON, Roy Murdoch Buchanan resigneddirector
- 1976-06-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1974-09-12🏢Company incorporatedAs CORRIES (MUSIC) LTD., THE
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David George Charleston Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/01/2023 |
Mr Ronald Grant Browne Individual · British · DOB 08/1937 · age 89 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Nicolette Maria Sutherlandceased 22/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1974-09-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
5 Wester Broom Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 7QU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last made up to: 2025-09-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
BROWNE, Gavin John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2023-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWNE, Lauren Anne Violet→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-01-25
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BROWNE, Ronald Grant→
Activedirector · ~89y · appointed 1990-12-21
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CHARLESTON, David George→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2023-01-25
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FORDYCE, Forbes→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2016-04-06
WILLIAMSON, Roy Murdoch Buchanan→
Resigneddirector · resigned 1990-12-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 25/06/1976 | — |
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Recent filings (109 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-25