SOUND FESTIVAL

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SC394992 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-03-08

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£79.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

27 officers (8 active, 27 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £79,784

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£64k

Net Worth

£80k

Current Assets

£97k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£79.8k
Current assets	£96.7k
Cash	£64.1k
Debtors	£32.6k
Net assets	£79.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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officers · AP01
2026-02-26
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CHRISTIE, Caroline appointed
director
2025-09-25
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accounts · AA
2025-09-22
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ROOKE, Matthew Andre Paul resigned
director
2025-09-22
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officers · TM01
2025-09-17
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officers · TM01
2025-09-17
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officers · TM01
2025-09-16
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BLACK, Pauline Ann resigned
director
2025-09-16
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SINGER, Claire Margaret resigned
director
2024-12-04
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officers · AP01
2024-12-03
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officers · TM01
2024-12-03
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officers · TM01
2024-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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MISRA, Nisha appointed
director
2024-09-17
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COCKBURN, Duncan Peter, Dr resigned
director
2024-09-17
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WILLIAMS, Roger Bevan resigned
director
2024-08-30
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officers · AP01
2024-08-26
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officers · CH01
2024-08-26
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officers · CH01
2024-08-26
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officers · CH01
2024-08-22
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officers · CH01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-04
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ALLORI, Sonia appointed
director
2024-06-04
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NICHOL, Claire appointed
director
2024-06-04
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ROOKE, Matthew Andre Paul appointed
director
2024-02-20
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DE SIMONE, John Raffaele, Dr appointed
director
2023-11-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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officers · AP01
2023-02-23
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2023-02-13
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FARQUHAR, Colin William appointed
director
2023-02-13
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SINGER, Claire Margaret appointed
director
2022-12-01
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MICHAEL, Angela resigned
director
2022-12-01
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SPIERS, Jane Wyman resigned
director
2022-01-01
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THOMSON, Sally resigned
director
2021-06-29
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DUNCAN, Graeme resigned
director
2021-06-23
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JAPPY, Raemond Leslie resigned
director
2019-06-26
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MACRAE, Keith Gordon resigned
director
2019-06-26
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VAN TIENEN, Thelma resigned
director
2018-12-04
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BLACK, Pauline Ann appointed
director
2018-12-04
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JAPPY, Raemond Leslie appointed
director
2018-06-25
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HOPE, Peter Mark resigned
secretary
2018-06-25
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HEARNE, John Michael, Dr resigned
director
2018-06-25
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HOPE, Peter Mark resigned
director
2017-06-27
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ELADANY, Abeer Helmy Mohamed appointed
director
2017-06-27
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THOMSON, Sally appointed
director
2016-11-21
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HARRIS, Paul, Professor resigned
director
2016-08-30
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MACRAE, Keith Gordon 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BLACK, Pauline Ann resigned 2025-09-16; ROOKE, Matthew Andre Paul resigned 2025-09-22; SINGER, Claire Margaret resigned 2025-09-16

🔒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-limited-exemption

Incorporated2011-03-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Woodend Barn Arts Centre

Burn O'Bennie

Banchory

Aberdeenshire

AB31 5QA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08