ADVENTURE TELEVISION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06531689 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£52.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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 £52,276

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£21k£31k£42k£52kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£52.3k£51.0k
Current assets£33.4k£31.3k
Net assets£52.3k£51.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-22
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-03-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-13
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  12. 2020-08-18
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  13. 2019-10-28
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  14. 2018-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-29
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  16. 2008-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVENTURE TELEVISION LIMITED
  17. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    STEELE, Drue Adam appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    STEELE, Keron Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-12
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    Secretarial Appointments Limited appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-03-12
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    Secretarial Appointments Limited resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-03-12
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    Corporate Appointments Limited appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-03-12
    ➖
    Corporate Appointments Limited resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Keron Michael Steele
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

7 Lambourne Court
Ray Mead Road
Maidenhead
SL6 8PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STEELE, Drue Adam→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-12
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Active
STEELE, Keron Michael→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-03-12
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Active
Secretarial Appointments Limited→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned
Corporate Appointments Limited→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21