GO WOW RECORDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC431899 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-05
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,640

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£5k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£5k-£5k-£5k-£5k-£5k-£5kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-4.6k£-4.6k
Net assets£-4.6k£-4.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-05-30
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  4. 2024-01-26
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  5. 2023-05-09
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-05-09
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  7. 2023-01-30
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  8. 2022-01-27
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  9. 2021-04-22
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  10. 2020-04-20
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  11. 2020-03-17
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    LOFGREN, Jonna resigned
    director
  12. 2020-01-17
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  13. 2019-06-14
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  14. 2019-06-10
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    ALLAN, Denise resigned
    director
  15. 2019-01-15
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  16. 2018-01-29
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  17. 2017-01-19
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  18. 2012-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GO WOW RECORDS LIMITED
  19. 2012-09-05
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    ALLAN, James appointed
    director
  20. 2012-09-05
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    ALLAN, Robert James appointed
    director
  21. 2012-09-05
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    CUNNING, Dean Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2012-09-05
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    DONOGHUE, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    ALLAN, Denise appointed
    director
  24. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    LOFGREN, Jonna appointed
    director

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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 James Allan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

9 Paisley Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ALLAN, James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Robert James→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-09-05
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Active
CUNNING, Dean Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-09-05
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Active
DONOGHUE, Paul→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Denise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2019-06-10
Resigned
LOFGREN, Jonna→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2020-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23