MANANA MUSIC MANAGEMENT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC604000 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-31
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
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 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £1,118
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,911 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 107% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k£10k£21k£31k£42k£53kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-1.1k£16.8k
Current assets£53.0k£48.2k
Net assets£-1.1k£16.8k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-07-09
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-09
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  5. 2024-02-25
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  6. 2023-01-26
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  7. 2022-02-28
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  8. 2021-05-25
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  9. 2021-02-25
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  10. 2020-07-24
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  11. 2020-06-19
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  13. 2019-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-08-09
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  15. 2019-08-09
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-08-09
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-01-23
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    address · AD01
  18. 2018-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MANANA MUSIC MANAGEMENT LTD
  19. 2018-07-31
    ➕
    DUNPHY, Nathan Antony appointed
    director
  20. 2018-07-31
    ➕
    SCOUGALL, Lyle appointed
    director
  21. 2018-07-31
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    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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nathan Antony Dunphy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1997 · age 29
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/07/2018
Mr Lyle Scougall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road
Paisley
PA1 3QS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DUNPHY, Nathan Antony→
director · ~29y · appointed 2018-07-31
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Active
SCOUGALL, Lyle→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-07-31
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31