AIRPLAY TV LTD
🌳Matureactive
04770678 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£200.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £200,366
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£165k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£200k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£165k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £200.4k | £192.8k |
| Current assets | £165.4k | £202.7k |
| Cash | £165.4k | £192.6k |
| Debtors | — | £10.0k |
| Net assets | £200.4k | £192.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-15➕PRITCHARD, Caroline Anne appointeddirector
- 2022-06-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-09-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Port Hampton Limited
- 2003-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRPLAY TV LTD
- 2003-05-20➕PRITCHARD, Caroline Anne appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-20➕PRITCHARD, Paul Martin appointeddirector
- 2003-05-20➕DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-20➖DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-20➕DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-20➖DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Caroline Anne Pritchard Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/06/2022 |
Mr Paul Martin Pritchard Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 19/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
12 St Leonards Road
Thames Ditton
KT7 0RJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
PRITCHARD, Caroline Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-05-20
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PRITCHARD, Caroline Anne→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2022-06-15
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PRITCHARD, Paul Martin→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2003-05-20
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Port Hampton Port Hampton Limited | Lease | 1 property | 13/09/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23