60 ROAD STUDIOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08842703 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-13

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

£14.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,840

Net assets shrinking

Down £201 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£15k

↓ 1.3% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 1.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£14.8k	£15.0k
Current assets	£14.8k	£15.0k
Net assets	£14.8k	£15.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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2025-04-09
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2024-04-17
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2023-03-22
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2022-04-19
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2021-04-05
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2020-03-23
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2019-11-07
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2019-04-09
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2019-03-07
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2018-05-03
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2018-03-12
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2017-11-29
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2017-10-30
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2014-01-13
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Company incorporated
As 60 ROAD STUDIOS LIMITED
2014-01-13
➕
BUTLER, Clive appointed
director
2014-01-13
➕
CROFT, Ian Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Richard Croft Individual · English · DOB 03/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	13/01/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Clive Butlerceased 15/05/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2014-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

10 Chaomans

Letchworth Garden City

Herts

SG6 3UB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BUTLER, Clive→

director · ~63y · appointed 2014-01-13

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CROFT, Ian Richard→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-01-13

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