1D MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07471150 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-15

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.90M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,898,395

Cash YoY

+60%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.8m

↑ 60% YoY

Net Worth

£2.9m

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£3.5m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-29	2023-12-29
Total assets	£2.90M	£2.39M
Current assets	£3.51M	£3.11M
Cash	£1.79M	£1.11M
Debtors	£1.72M	£1.99M
Net assets	£2.90M	£2.39M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-11-14
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2021-03-02
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2020-10-20
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2019-10-02
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2018-10-04
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2016-06-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-06-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-04-04
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ENGEL, Lawrence appointed
director
2016-04-04
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MCEVOY, Alan appointed
director
2016-04-04
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HORAN, Niall resigned
director
2016-04-04
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MALIK, Zayn resigned
director
2016-04-04
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PAYNE, Liam resigned
director
2016-04-04
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STYLES, Harry Edward resigned
director
2016-04-04
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TOMLINSON, Louis resigned
director
2014-01-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2010-12-23
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HORAN, Niall appointed
director
2010-12-23
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MALIK, Zayn appointed
director
2010-12-23
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MCEVOY, Alan resigned
director
2010-12-23
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PAYNE, Liam appointed
director
2010-12-23
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STYLES, Harry Edward appointed
director
2010-12-23
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TOMLINSON, Louis appointed
director
2010-12-15
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Company incorporated
As 1D MEDIA LIMITED
2010-12-15
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MCEVOY, Alan appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Harry Edward Styles Individual · British · DOB 02/1994 · age 32	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Louis Tomlinson Individual · British · DOB 12/1991 · age 35	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Niall James Horan Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1993 · age 33	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Liam Payneceased 16/10/2024· significant influence

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

Incorporated2010-12-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

80 Charlotte Street

London

W1T 4DF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last made up to: 2024-12-29

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

ENGEL, Lawrence→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCEVOY, Alan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HORAN, Niall→

director · ~33y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2016-04-04

Resigned

MALIK, Zayn→

director · ~33y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2016-04-04

Resigned

MCEVOY, Alan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-12-15 · resigned 2010-12-23

Resigned

PAYNE, Liam→

director · ~33y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2016-04-04

Resigned

STYLES, Harry Edward→

director · ~32y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2016-04-04

Resigned

TOMLINSON, Louis→

director · ~35y · appointed 2010-12-23 · resigned 2016-04-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	02/01/2014	22/06/2016
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	18/07/2013	22/06/2016

Recent filings (83 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-11-14

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officers · CH01

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officers · CH01

2025-11-12

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-11-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-09-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-06

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-02-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-15

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2023-09-27

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2023-02-09

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2022-09-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

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