MORNING MEDIA LTD

🌳Matureactive
07645342 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
38 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-07-01
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    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2012-03-12
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    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2011-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As MORNING MEDIA LTD
  19. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    HEAD, Brenda appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    SAMUELS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 Peter Anthony Samuels
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/01/2023
Ms Brenda Head
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/01/2017

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
Incorporated2011-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Ploughboy Mews
Liskeard Road
Saltash
PL12 4HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HEAD, Brenda→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-05-24
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Active
SAMUELS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-05-24
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Active
CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-03-12 · resigned 2013-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-13