ADORABLE MEDIA LTD.
🌳Matureactive
09181695 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19
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 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, 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
2 live charges · oldest 5.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
34 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-01-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-01-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-01-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-06-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-06-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-06-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2021-05-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2021-05-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ADORABLE MEDIA LTD.
- 2014-08-19➕BALLANCE, Isibeal Rose Kate appointeddirector
- 2014-08-19➕WILDER, Richelle appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
- 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 |
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Ms Isibeal Rose Kate Ballance Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/08/2016 |
Ms Richelle Wilder Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities
Registered office
128 Rossmore Court Park Road
London
NW1 6XZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BALLANCE, Isibeal Rose Kate→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILDER, Richelle→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 01/06/2021 | 18/01/2023 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 28/05/2021 | 18/01/2023 |
Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-10