LEGACY LIVE MANAGEMENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC779936 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
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: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-08-29
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-08-25
    BALL, William Raymond appointed
    secretary
  5. 2025-08-25
    BALL, William Raymond resigned
    director
  6. 2025-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LEGACY LIVE MANAGEMENT LTD
  8. 2023-08-22
    OHARA, Sharon Anne appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-22
    BALL, William Raymond appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 William Raymond Ball
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/08/2023
Mrs Sharon Anne Ohara
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

45 Braille Drive
Renfrew
PA4 0DL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BALL, William Raymond
secretary · appointed 2025-08-25
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Active
OHARA, Sharon Anne
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-08-22
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Active
BALL, William Raymond
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-08-22 · resigned 2025-08-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-22