WESTBOURNE MUSIC

🌳Matureactive

SC112309 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1988-07-19

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

38 officers (5 active, 38 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

161 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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accounts · AA
2026-01-31
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HEAVISIDES, Neil Cameron, The Revd. Canon resigned
director
2026-01-31
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officers · TM01
2025-05-14
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officers · TM01
2025-05-07
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COHEN, Edward resigned
director
2025-04-02
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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AROCKIAM, Ankna resigned
director
2024-12-05
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officers · TM01
2024-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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officers · AP01
2024-02-14
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COHEN, Edward appointed
director
2024-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-30
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MONTGOMERY, Ross Andrew resigned
director
2023-07-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-30
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WILLIAMSON, Raymond Macleod resigned
director
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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officers · AP01
2023-06-09
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officers · AP01
2023-05-31
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HEAVISIDES, Neil Cameron, The Revd. Canon appointed
director
2023-05-31
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MONTGOMERY, Ross Andrew appointed
director
2023-02-07
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officers · CH01
2022-11-08
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officers · CH01
2022-11-05
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officers · AP01
2022-11-02
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AROCKIAM, Ankna appointed
director
2022-08-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-28
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HORN, Gillian Ivy resigned
director
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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address · AD01
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-30
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LOVE, Robert Malcolm resigned
director
2018-06-20
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HORN, Gillian Ivy appointed
director
2018-03-27
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BRYSON, Evelyn Mary resigned
director
2017-03-04
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HUNTER, Ailene Stevenson appointed
director
2016-02-29
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ARMOUR, Gordon William appointed
director
2016-02-29
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PATERSON, Iain Angus resigned
director
2015-10-19
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LOVE, Robert Malcolm appointed
director
2015-10-10
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MCKERRELL, Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2014-09-24
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RYCROFT, Marjorie Elizabeth, Professor resigned
director
2013-02-11
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BRYSON, Evelyn Mary appointed
director
2013-02-11
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RYCROFT, Marjorie Elizabeth, Professor appointed
director
2012-02-20
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CLAYTON, Julian resigned
director
2011-12-12
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MCIVER O.B.E, Malcolm resigned
director
2011-11-21
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MACKAY, Stewart appointed
director
2011-05-25
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MCIVER, Margaret Fox resigned
director
2009-08-26
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MITCHELLS ROBERTON appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-07-01
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SECRETAR SECURITIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-05-12
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CLAYTON, Julian appointed
director
2008-05-12
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DUNBAR, Morrison Alexander Rankin resigned
director
2008-05-12
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WILLIAMSON, Raymond Macleod 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

-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 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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 38 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1988-07-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

George House, 36 North Hanover Street

Glasgow

G1 2AD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31