ACTION PLUS MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05831609 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-98.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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, 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
58 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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £98,923
Cash YoY
+303%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↑ 303% YoY
Net Worth
-£99k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£102k-£80k-£58k-£36k-£14k£8kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-73.1k£-75.7k
Current assets£7.7k£6.8k
Cash£1.2k£295
Debtors£6.5k£6.5k
Net assets£-98.9k£-101.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-01-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-01-07
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-08-01
    ➕
    MARIANS, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-01
    ➖
    BACON, Susan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTION PLUS MEDIA LIMITED
  19. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    ROWLES, Kenneth Frederick appointed
    director
  20. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    BACON, Susan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-05-30
    ➖
    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2006-05-30
    ➖
    DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Kenneth Rowles
Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/01/2025
Mr Stephen Christopher Marians
Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/01/2025

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
Incorporated2006-05-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

175b Reculver Road
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 6PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MARIANS, Stephen Christopher→
director · ~85y · appointed 2010-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLES, Kenneth Frederick→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BACON, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2006-05-30
Resigned
DIRECTORS FORM 10 LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-30 · resigned 2006-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31