BEST MEDIUMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07050136 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-01
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    PAVEY, Laurence resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-09
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BEST MEDIUMS LIMITED
  18. 2009-10-20
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    BRENCHLEY, John appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-20
    ➕
    PAVEY, Laurence appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 Laurence Pavey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
50–75%
—50-75% shares20/10/2016
Mr John Brenchley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
50–75%
—50-75% shares20/10/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Stanley House Bedmonton
Wormshill
Sittingbourne
ME9 0EH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BRENCHLEY, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-20
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Active
PAVEY, Laurence→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-10-20 · resigned 2025-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21