AUTOMAKER TV & MEDIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07893763 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-29

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£-112.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £112,871

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£113k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↑ 179% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-53.9k	£-85.0k
Current assets	£32.3k	£11.6k
Net assets	£-112.9k	£-143.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
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officers · TM02
2019-12-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-25
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FONE, Doris resigned
secretary
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-02
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address · AD01
2019-06-23
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officers · TM01
2019-06-14
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FONE, Doris resigned
director
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-07-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2012-01-12
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DE ARAUJO ALMEIDA, Mauricio resigned
director
2011-12-29
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Company incorporated
As AUTOMAKER TV & MEDIA LIMITED
2011-12-29
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FONE, Thomas appointed
director
2011-12-29
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FONE, Doris appointed
secretary
2011-12-29
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DE ARAUJO ALMEIDA, Mauricio appointed
director
2011-12-29
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FONE, Doris appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Fone Individual · German · DOB 04/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Doris Foneceased 31/07/2017· 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

Incorporated2011-12-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

Suite I, Business Development Centre

Stafford Park 4

Telford

Shropshire

TF3 3BA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-24

Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

FONE, Thomas→

director · ~50y · appointed 2011-12-29

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Active

FONE, Doris→

secretary · appointed 2011-12-29 · resigned 2019-11-25

Resigned

DE ARAUJO ALMEIDA, Mauricio→

director · ~44y · appointed 2011-12-29 · resigned 2012-01-12

Resigned

FONE, Doris→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-12-29 · resigned 2019-06-14

Resigned

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