BANANA UK MEDIA LTD
🌳Matureactive
07562298 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-14
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 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£382
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £382
Net assets shrinking
Down £549 YoY
Cash YoY
+260%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£29k
↑ 260% YoY
Net Worth
£382
↓ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£176k
↑ 70% 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 | £8.2k | £25.1k |
| Current assets | £176.0k | £103.3k |
| Cash | £29.4k | £8.2k |
| Debtors | £138.6k | £87.1k |
| Net assets | £382 | £931 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2014-12-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
- 2011-08-01➕MISTRY, Jay appointeddirector
- 2011-07-31➖MISTRY, Jay resigneddirector
- 2011-03-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BANANA UK MEDIA LTD
- 2011-03-14➕NEWTON, Neville appointeddirector
- 2011-03-14➕MISTRY, Jay appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jay Mistrey Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neville Newton Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
2 Walsworth Road
Hitchin
SG4 9SP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
NEWTON, Neville→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-14
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MISTRY, Jay→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-03-14 · resigned 2011-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 15/12/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-10