ALTEREAN MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08418018 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-25

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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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

28 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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

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2 signals 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

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
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accounts · AA
2024-12-13
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2023-11-24
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accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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accounts · AA
2022-04-19
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accounts · AA
2021-04-06
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accounts · AA
2020-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-01
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officers · CH03
2020-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-01
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address · AD01
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2019-06-07
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2018-05-21
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accounts · AA
2013-02-25
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Company incorporated
As ALTEREAN MEDIA LIMITED
2013-02-25
➕
HACKETT, Peter Francis appointed
secretary
2013-02-25
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ALLT, Nicholas Mark appointed
director
2013-02-25
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HACKETT, Peter Francis appointed
director
2013-02-25
➕
MARLEY, Sean Patrick appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicholas Mark Allt Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Peter Francis Hackett Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Sean Patrick Marley Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	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

Incorporated2013-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

The Old School

188 Liscard Road

Wallasey

Wirral

CH44 5TN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HACKETT, Peter Francis→

secretary · appointed 2013-02-25

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Active

ALLT, Nicholas Mark→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-02-25

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Active

HACKETT, Peter Francis→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-02-25

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Active

MARLEY, Sean Patrick→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-25

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Recent filings (47 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-20