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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 50.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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 50.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.1 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-052024-09-05
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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  3. 2026-02-05
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  4. 2026-01-29
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  5. 2025-02-22
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  6. 2025-02-10
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  7. 2024-09-23
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  8. 2024-02-21
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  9. 2023-10-10
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  10. 2023-02-23
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  11. 2023-01-30
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  12. 2023-01-25
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    BROWNE, Gavin John appointed
    director
  13. 2023-01-25
    ➕
    BROWNE, Lauren Anne Violet appointed
    director
  14. 2023-01-25
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    CHARLESTON, David George appointed
    director
  15. 2023-01-25
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  16. 2023-01-25
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  17. 2022-06-01
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  18. 2021-05-25
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  19. 2020-02-06
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  20. 2020-01-22
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  21. 2019-03-28
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  22. 2016-04-06
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    FORDYCE, Forbes resigned
    secretary
  23. 1990-12-21
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    BROWNE, Ronald Grant appointed
    director
  24. 1990-12-21
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    WILLIAMSON, Roy Murdoch Buchanan resigned
    director
  25. 1976-06-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1974-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CORRIES (MUSIC) LTD., THE

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 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 candidate

Strong 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 36 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David George Charleston
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/01/2023
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 interest06/04/2016
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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Company details

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→
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-01-25
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Active
BROWNE, Lauren Anne Violet→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-01-25
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Active
BROWNE, Ronald Grant→
director · ~89y · appointed 1990-12-21
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Active
CHARLESTON, David George→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-01-25
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Active
FORDYCE, Forbes→
secretary · resigned 2016-04-06
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Roy Murdoch Buchanan→
director · resigned 1990-12-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/06/1976—
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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