CUE AND REVIEW RECORDING SERVICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC129748 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-02-04

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

34 officers (5 active, 34 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

146 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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officers · AP01
2026-02-11
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HANSEN, Karen Rosemary appointed
director
2026-01-13
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WILKIE, Margaret resigned
director
2026-01-13
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officers · TM01
2025-09-18
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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officers · TM01
2024-12-11
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LISTER, Iona Katherine resigned
director
2024-07-10
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accounts · AA
2024-01-14
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2024-01-13
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2024-01-13
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officers · AP01
2024-01-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
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officers · TM01
2024-01-13
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officers · TM01
2023-11-01
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MCKENNA, Iain Gordon appointed
director
2023-11-01
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THOMSON, Eileen Ann appointed
director
2023-11-01
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BROLLY, Kevin Andrew resigned
director
2023-11-01
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LISTER, Iona Katherine appointed
director
2023-11-01
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MCPHILLIPS, Kevin Anthony resigned
director
2023-11-01
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STROAK, Konrad resigned
director
2023-11-01
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WHITESIDE, Ronnie resigned
director
2023-11-01
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WILKIE, Margaret appointed
director
2023-10-17
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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officers · RP04TM01
2023-08-02
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CLARKE, Alan resigned
director
2023-08-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-13
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officers · TM01
2023-01-13
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officers · AP01
2022-12-05
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CLARKE, Alan appointed
director
2022-12-05
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OGUNGBEMI, Amy resigned
director
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2022-05-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-03-24
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officers · CH03
2021-12-31
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MACKAY, Morag resigned
director
2021-12-10
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COWAN, Diane Rose resigned
director
2021-10-26
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COWAN, Diane Rose appointed
director
2021-10-26
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HUTTON, Mark resigned
director
2020-11-18
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CAMPBELL, James resigned
director
2020-11-17
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BROLLY, Kevin Andrew appointed
director
2020-11-17
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MCPHILLIPS, Kevin Anthony appointed
director
2018-09-18
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STROAK, Konrad appointed
director
2018-09-14
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WHITESIDE, Ronnie appointed
director
2018-09-01
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OGUNGBEMI, Amy appointed
director
2010-01-01
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DICKSON, Evans resigned
director
2010-01-01
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REYNOLDS, Rose Ann resigned
director
2006-08-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Sis ( Community Finance) LTD
2005-08-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland

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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 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1991-02-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Bishopbriggs Media Centre

18 Crowhill Road

Bishopbriggs

East Dunbartonshire

G64 1QY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31