ARTEFACTUAL MEDIA LTD

🌳Matureactive
05309918 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£178.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70210Public relations and communications activities
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 3 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
59 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 £178,580
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,559 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£179k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£77k£116k£154k£193kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£178.6k£189.1k
Current assets£177.8k£192.6k
Net assets£178.6k£189.1k

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-12-01
    ➕
    GOLIGHTLY, Shona appointed
    director
  9. 2020-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-12-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-11-30
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    GOLIGHTLY, Shona resigned
    secretary
  12. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTEFACTUAL MEDIA LTD
  19. 2004-12-10
    ➕
    GOLIGHTLY, Alison appointed
    director
  20. 2004-12-10
    ➕
    GOLIGHTLY, Shona appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-12-10
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-12-10
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-12-10
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-12-10
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Alison Golightly
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/12/2016

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
Incorporated2004-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

13 Charlton Grove
Cleadon
Sunderland
SR6 7QR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GOLIGHTLY, Alison→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOLIGHTLY, Shona→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOLIGHTLY, Shona→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2020-11-30
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2004-12-10
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-10 · resigned 2004-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-12-01