1086 MEDIA LTD
💤Zombieactive
06979546 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-04
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
£23.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 58190Other publishing activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £23,163
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,161 YoY
Cash YoY
-19%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
↓ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£23k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £23.2k | £27.3k |
| Current assets | £26.8k | £30.8k |
| Cash | £14.1k | £17.3k |
| Debtors | — | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £23.2k | £27.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2010-10-29➖SHEPHERD, Simon James resignedsecretary
- 2009-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 1086 MEDIA LTD
- 2009-08-04➕LEWIS, Neil Christopher appointeddirector
- 2009-08-04➕SHEPHERD, Simon James appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Neil Christopher Lewis Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Susanne Lewisceased 06/11/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Retail · CH postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:10 LTD→ 17049814 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16462330 LTD→ 16462330 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 SHOW MERCH LTD→ 15623970 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 3D MARKET WIRRAL LTD→ 16145986 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 4 PRINTS NW LTD→ 16716416 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42104 LTD→ 14071911 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 45 WATERGATE LIMITED→ 15190350 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 4SYEDS LTD→ 13192717 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 7 DAYS 3D STORE LTD→ 16510917 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86FOURHUNDRED LTD→ 14291842 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| A CLASS FLOORING WIRRAL LTD→ 14672415 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| A2B COMMERCE LTD→ 15188366 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
C/O Djh Chester City Military House
24 Castle Street
Chester
CH1 2DS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
LEWIS, Neil Christopher→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHEPHERD, Simon James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-08-04 · resigned 2010-10-29
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Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22