M & M THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC235693 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · oldest 20.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.8 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: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2024-04-27
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-23
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-01
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SWEENEY, Martin James appointed
director
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-30
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MORRIS, Marian Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-03-21
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-03-21
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-12-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-20
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MCAUSLAND, Fraser appointed
director
2021-09-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-01
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MITCHELL, Emma appointed
director
2021-06-01
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MITCHELL, Jacqueline Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-06-01
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MORRIS, Marian Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-01-31
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HOLLOWAY, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2020-01-31
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HOLLOWAY, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2005-07-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-07-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-10-01
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HOLLOWAY, Edward resigned
director
2002-08-21
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Company incorporated
As M & M THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS LTD
2002-08-21
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MITCHELL, Christopher appointed
director
2002-08-21
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HOLLOWAY, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2002-08-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-21
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HOLLOWAY, Edward appointed
director
2002-08-21
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HOLLOWAY, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2002-08-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MITCHELL, Emma (same surname) appointed 2021-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

7 Green Street Lane

Ayr

KA8 8BL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04