3S MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09680704 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-10
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
£-65.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £65,493
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
-£65k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£67k-£50k-£33k-£16k£1k£18kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-65.5k£-67.1k
Current assets£9.2k£18.4k
Cash£4.0k£9.6k
Debtors£5.2k£8.7k
Net assets£-65.5k£-67.1k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 3S MEDIA LIMITED
  13. 2015-07-10
    SIMMONS, Denise appointed
    director
  14. 2015-07-10
    SIMMONS, Simon Anthony appointed
    director
  15. 2015-07-10
    SLOAN, Phillip appointed
    director
  16. 2015-07-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Phillip Sloan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
2550%
25-50% shares13/07/2016
Denise Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
2550%
25-50% shares13/07/2016
Mr Simon Anthony Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
2550%
25-50% shares13/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

19 Kenley Close
Bexley
Kent
DA5 1AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SIMMONS, Denise
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-07-10
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Active
SIMMONS, Simon Anthony
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-07-10
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Active
SLOAN, Phillip
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-07-10
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12