32RED MARKETING LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-2.6k | £-2.6k |
| Net assets | £-2.6k | £-2.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-14📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2025-10-31➖GEORGIOU, Jakovos Christophi resigneddirector
- 2025-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-06-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2009-07-16🏢Company incorporatedAs 32RED MARKETING LIMITED
- 2009-07-16➕KOUMI, Joseph appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-16➕KOUMI, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2009-07-16➕GEORGIOU, Jakovos Christophi appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Joseph Koumi Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/10/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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