CHINMOKU LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC250772 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£191.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90010Performing arts
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £191,131
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£110k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£191k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Assets
£149k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£79k£119k£159k£198kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£191.7k£179.6k
Current assets£149.3k£198.5k
Cash£110.4k£181.5k
Debtors£38.9k£17.0k
Net assets£191.1k£178.1k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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  2. 2025-06-10
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  3. 2025-04-03
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  4. 2024-04-22
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  5. 2023-02-06
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  6. 2022-06-14
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  7. 2021-12-20
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  8. 2021-04-27
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  9. 2020-04-02
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2018-04-25
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  12. 2017-06-26
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  13. 2017-04-27
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  14. 2016-07-19
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  15. 2016-07-19
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  16. 2016-07-19
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  17. 2003-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CHINMOKU LTD.
  18. 2003-06-09
    ➕
    MACMILLAN, Lynne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-06-09
    ➕
    MACMILLAN, James Loy, Sir appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-09
    ➕
    MACMILLAN, Lynne appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-06-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sir James Loy Macmillan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

4 Royal Crescent
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G3 7SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACMILLAN, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACMILLAN, James Loy, Sir→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-09
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Active
MACMILLAN, Lynne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2003-06-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2003-06-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-02