CHEEK BY JOWL THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC078954 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1982-06-02

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 28.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

34 officers (6 active, 34 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

170 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand

2026-01-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-12
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officers · TM01
2026-01-11
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GRIFFITHS, Catrin Mererid resigned
director
2025-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-25
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PABARI, Sameer resigned
director
2024-05-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-31
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STOLTZFUS, Philip Sorg resigned
director
2024-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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O'BRIEN, Clare Elizabeth resigned
director
2023-05-15
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officers · AP03
2023-05-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-10
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COLLETT, Harrison Jack appointed
secretary
2023-05-10
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O' FLAHERTY, Niamh resigned
secretary
2022-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
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BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy resigned
director
2022-05-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-16
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STENNING, Emma appointed
director
2021-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-06
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CHOWDHURY, Ajay appointed
director
2021-07-06
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GRIFFITHS, Catrin Mererid appointed
director
2019-03-19
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O' FLAHERTY, Niamh appointed
secretary
2018-11-06
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STENNING, Emma resigned
director
2018-09-28
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LANG, Eleanor resigned
secretary
2018-08-28
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NINEHAM, Robert Hugh appointed
director
2017-12-06
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HINDELL, Alison Helen resigned
director
2017-01-23
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BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy appointed
director
2017-01-23
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STOLTZFUS, Philip Sorg appointed
director
2016-11-16
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SCOTT MONCRIEFF, John Kenneth resigned
director
2016-06-27
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THOROLD, Nicola Anne resigned
director
2016-05-31
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REID, Jane Gorse resigned
director
2016-05-31
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STOCKIL, Timothy Philip resigned
director
2016-04-30
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LANG, Eleanor appointed
secretary
2016-04-29
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MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-02-26
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PHILIPPS, Richard Paul Scott appointed
director
2012-10-19
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HAMILTON, Sophie Charlotte resigned
director
2011-11-29
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BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy appointed
director
2011-11-29
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BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy resigned
director
2011-05-10
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PATRICKSON, Judith appointed
director
2011-05-10
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HINDELL, Alison Helen appointed
director
2011-05-10
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O'BRIEN, Clare Elizabeth appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Phillipps Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Emma Stenning Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	16/04/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Elisabeth Lucy Byrneceased 15/04/2022· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1982-06-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House

30 Queensferry Road

Edinburgh

EH4 2HS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-20

Last: 2026-04-06