ADVENTURE RADIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05331089 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-12
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 21.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Radio broadcasting
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.0 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: high (82/100)

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

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
80 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-25
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    BEAN, Maxine Kim resigned
    director
  12. 2022-02-09
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    MILLER, Marc Jonathan appointed
    director
  13. 2022-02-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-01-31
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    JEEVES, Mark resigned
    director
  21. 2019-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2013-10-03
    ➖
    FORD, Victoria Jayne resigned
    director
  23. 2012-09-13
    ➕
    FORD, Victoria Jayne appointed
    director
  24. 2011-08-03
    ➕
    JEEVES, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    BEAN, Maxine Kim appointed
    director
  26. 2008-11-19
    ➖
    JAMES, Thomas Alan resigned
    director
  27. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    MILLER, Marc Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-08-03
    ➖
    WALKER, Allan Gordon resigned
    secretary
  29. 2005-06-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Stockvale Limited
  30. 2005-02-07
    ➕
    MILLER, Philip Aaron appointed
    director
  31. 2005-02-07
    ➖
    HARPHAM, Neil Thomas resigned
    secretary
  32. 2005-02-07
    ➕
    WALKER, Allan Gordon appointed
    secretary
  33. 2005-02-07
    ➖
    BROWNE, David William resigned
    director
  34. 2005-02-07
    ➕
    JAMES, Thomas Alan appointed
    director
  35. 2005-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVENTURE RADIO LIMITED
  36. 2005-01-12
    ➕
    HARPHAM, Neil Thomas appointed
    secretary
  37. 2005-01-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2005-01-12
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2005-01-12
    ➕
    BROWNE, David William appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MILLER, Marc Jonathan (same surname) appointed 2022-02-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Stockvale Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Stockvale Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADVENTURE RADIO LIMITED
This company · 05331089

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stockvale Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

Ground Floor
1279 London Road
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 2AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

MILLER, Marc Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Marc Jonathan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Philip Aaron→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPHAM, Neil Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-12 · resigned 2005-02-07
Resigned
WALKER, Allan Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2007-08-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-12 · resigned 2005-01-12
Resigned
BEAN, Maxine Kim→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2022-05-25
Resigned
BROWNE, David William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-01-12 · resigned 2005-02-07
Resigned
FORD, Victoria Jayne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-09-13 · resigned 2013-10-03
Resigned
JAMES, Thomas Alan→
director · ~84y · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2008-11-19
Resigned
JEEVES, Mark→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-08-03 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Stockvale
Stockvale Limited
Legal charge of a registered estate1 property20/06/2005—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-09