3K MEDIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03530646 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£68.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £67,992

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£68k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↑ 1460% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£27k£41k£54k£68kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£289.4k£52.0k
Current assets£39.5k£2.5k
Net assets£68.0k£52.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-01
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  2. 2024-04-02
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  3. 2023-04-17
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  4. 2023-03-07
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  5. 2023-03-01
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    FORBES, Gillian Vida resigned
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  6. 2022-04-19
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  7. 2021-04-07
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  8. 2020-12-31
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  9. 2019-12-11
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2018-11-20
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  12. 2018-04-01
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    FORBES, Gillian Vida resigned
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  13. 2017-12-29
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  14. 2016-12-15
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  15. 2016-04-11
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  17. 2015-03-20
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  18. 2003-01-28
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    FORBES, Gillian Vida appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-01-28
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    MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-01-28
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    FORBES, Gillian Vida appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-28
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    MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai resigned
    director
  22. 1998-03-30
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    FORBES, Carl William appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-30
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    MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-03-30
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    MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai appointed
    director
  25. 1998-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 3K MEDIA LIMITED
  26. 1998-03-19
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-03-19
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    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-03-19
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    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1998-03-19
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    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 Carl William Forbes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

South Down House
Station Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

FORBES, Carl William→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-03-19
Resigned
FORBES, Gillian Vida→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-30 · resigned 2003-01-28
Resigned
FORBES, Gillian Vida→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
MISTRY, Kanti Dhanjibhai→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-03-30 · resigned 2003-01-28
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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2025-11-24
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2025-04-01
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2024-12-22
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2024-04-02
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2023-11-20
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accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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officers · TM02
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-04-19
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2021-12-23
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2021-04-07
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2021-01-18
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2020-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-22