ABSOLUTE BROADCAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08140636 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£295.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Radio broadcasting

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £295,436

Cash YoY

+328%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£63k

↑ 328% YoY

Net Worth

£295k

↑ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£248k

↑ 114% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£437.4k	£269.2k
Current assets	£247.6k	£115.9k
Cash	£62.6k	£14.6k
Debtors	£185.0k	£101.3k
Net assets	£295.4k	£205.4k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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2025-01-22
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2023-10-27
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2023-01-03
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2022-01-11
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2021-05-04
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2019-11-08
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2018-12-18
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2018-03-11
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2017-07-14
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2017-07-14
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2017-04-27
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2016-04-13
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2015-07-20
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2015-04-29
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2012-07-12
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTE BROADCAST LIMITED
2012-07-12
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CHAMBERLAIN, David Blayney appointed
director
2012-07-12
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CHAMBERLAIN, Lucy Francis appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Blayney Chamberlain Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Lucy Francis Chamberlain Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr David Blayney Chamberlain Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Lucy Francis Chamberlain Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-07-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

14 Freer Close

Houghton On The Hill

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE7 9HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAMBERLAIN, David Blayney→

director · ~61y · appointed 2012-07-12

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CHAMBERLAIN, Lucy Francis→

director · ~62y · appointed 2012-07-12

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