HAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267310 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-03
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
£1.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of musical instruments and scores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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 £1,130,881
Cash YoY
-24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£426k
↓ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£670k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£226k£452k£679k£905k£1.1mApr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Total assets£1.19M£1.02M
Current assets£669.7k£701.5k
Cash£426.2k£562.0k
Debtors£215.2k£115.9k
Net assets£1.13M£961.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2023-04-26
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  4. 2022-02-09
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  10. 2016-05-28
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  12. 2015-06-16
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  16. 2015-01-26
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  17. 2004-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As HAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED
  18. 2004-05-03
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    HAYDOCK, Alistair appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-03
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    HAYDOCK, Alistair appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-03
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    HAYDOCK, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-03
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    HAYDOCK, Penelope Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2004-05-03
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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  23. 2004-05-03
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  24. 2004-05-03
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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  25. 2004-05-03
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HAYDOCK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr Alistair Haydock
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47591 — Retail sale of musical instruments and scores

Registered office

5a Stewart Street
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 6BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HAYDOCK, Alistair→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-03
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Active
HAYDOCK, Alistair→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-05-03
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Active
HAYDOCK, Geoffrey→
director · ~83y · appointed 2004-05-03
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Active
HAYDOCK, Penelope Margaret→
director · ~84y · appointed 2004-05-03
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Active
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2004-05-03
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2004-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2024-05-31
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2023-05-04
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2023-04-26
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2022-06-16
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2022-02-09
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2021-05-06
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2021-03-18
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2020-05-14
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2020-01-30
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2019-06-06
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2019-01-31
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