FOREST COMMUNITY RADIO

🌳Matureactive
04937308 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-10-20
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£11.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Radio broadcasting
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £11,595
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,539 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£12k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£14k£19k£24kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£11.5k£14.0k
Current assets£24.0k£20.0k
Net assets£11.6k£14.1k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-10
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  4. 2022-07-11
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  5. 2021-07-09
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  6. 2020-11-19
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    MAIDEN, John Edward appointed
    director
  7. 2020-11-19
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-09-04
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  9. 2019-07-30
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  10. 2018-07-30
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  11. 2017-07-28
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  12. 2016-07-22
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  13. 2015-10-27
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  14. 2015-07-20
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  15. 2014-11-04
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  16. 2014-07-29
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  17. 2007-10-12
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    SAMUELS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2003-11-01
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    SAVILLE, Diana Joyce appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-11-01
    ➕
    AUSTEN, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-11-01
    ➕
    SAVILLE, Diana Joyce appointed
    director
  21. 2003-11-01
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    SAVILLE, Stephen John appointed
    director
  22. 2003-11-01
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    SAMUELS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As FOREST COMMUNITY RADIO
  24. 2003-10-20
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-10-20
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2003-10-20
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    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2003-10-20
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    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Saville
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2003-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

Unit 2 Enterprise Park
Black Moor Road
Verwood
Dorset
BH31 6YS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

SAVILLE, Diana Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTEN, David John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAIDEN, John Edward→
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAVILLE, Diana Joyce→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAVILLE, Stephen John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2003-10-20
Resigned
SAMUELS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-11-01 · resigned 2007-10-12
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2003-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-07-31
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2024-11-22
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2024-07-29
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2023-10-30
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2023-07-10
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2022-11-21
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2022-07-11
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2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-09
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officers · AP01
2020-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
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2020-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21
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accounts · AA
2019-07-30