SOUNDPLAY PROJECTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC598798 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-06-01
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 64
  • · Bankability: 75 → 65
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 7264
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7565
  • Filings: 2325
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidspeculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-06-09
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-03-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-07-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-06-30
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  10. 2022-06-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-03-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-08-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-08-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-06-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-06-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SOUNDPLAY PROJECTS LTD
  19. 2018-06-01
    COOKE, Alistair David appointed
    director
  20. 2018-06-01
    SINCLAIR, Ewan appointed
    director
  21. 2018-06-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-14

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair David Cooke
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
sig. influencesignificant influence02/07/2022
Mr Ewan Sinclair
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
sig. influencesignificant influence02/07/2022

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

2/1 7 Anchor Buildings
Paisley
PA1 1JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COOKE, Alistair David
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-06-01
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Active
SINCLAIR, Ewan
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-06-01
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Recent filings (25 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-07-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18