ADRIAN CROOME MEDIA LTD

🌳Matureactive
04909589 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  2. 2025-12-09
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  3. 2024-12-18
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  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-27
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  8. 2021-09-27
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  10. 2021-09-24
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  13. 2021-09-24
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  14. 2020-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-01
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    CROOME, Louise Alison appointed
    director
  19. 2003-10-02
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    CROOME, Louise Alison appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-02
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    CROOME, Adrian Charles Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-26
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2003-09-26
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2003-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN CROOME MEDIA LTD
  24. 2003-09-24
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-24
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CROOME" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

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 Adrian Charles Andrew Croome
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Louise Alison Croome
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

Ford Wetley House
Ford Wetley
Ford
Leek
ST13 7RP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CROOME, Louise Alison→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOME, Adrian Charles Andrew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOME, Louise Alison→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-24 · resigned 2003-09-26
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-24 · resigned 2003-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-24