ABC DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06665686 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-06
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-30
    PURI, Rishi resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-12-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-11-05
    PURI, Rishi appointed
    director
  11. 2022-11-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-10-30
    PURI, Jyoti, Ms. resigned
    director
  13. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2011-05-16
    PURI, Jyoti, Ms. appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-16
    PURI, Rishi resigned
    director
  23. 2008-08-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABC DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  24. 2008-08-06
    PURI, Gautam appointed
    director
  25. 2008-08-06
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-08-06
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-08-06
    PURI, Rishi appointed
    director
  28. 2008-08-06
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2008-08-06
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Gautam Puri
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
75100%
75-100% shares06/08/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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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
Incorporated2008-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

International House
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PURI, Gautam
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-08-06
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2008-08-06
Resigned
PURI, Jyoti, Ms.
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-16 · resigned 2022-10-30
Resigned
PURI, Rishi
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-05 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned
PURI, Rishi
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2011-05-16
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2008-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15