ABS MEDIA LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10700422 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1500 | 1400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-03-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-11-19📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-11-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-14📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-11-11📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-11-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-11-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-05-08📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-05-08📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-05-08📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-05-08📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-24📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-12-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-10-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-02-11➕KANTOR, Bernard appointeddirector
- 2017-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ABS MEDIA LIMITED
- 2017-03-30➕HAMZIANPOUR, Amin appointedsecretary
- 2017-03-30➕HAMZIANPOUR, Amin appointeddirector
- 2017-03-30➕SONUGA, Nicholas Babatunde appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Amin Hamzianpour Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/03/2017 |
Mr Nicholas Babatunde Sonuga Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.C.TOURS LIMITED→ 03775975 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| AB GOLD EVENTS LIMITED→ 16024249 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABI ANN DAVIS LTD→ 17044011 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABS PRODUCTIONS UK LTD→ 16817296 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE JOURNEY (UK) LTD→ 14961833 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION LIMITED→ 03505185 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| AC TALENT SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED→ 12042820 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ACCENT VOYAGE LIMITED→ 15914521 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACCESS GYM LTD→ 16422827 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACE TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL LTD→ 17023191 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACE WELLNESS LTD→ 15835138 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACENTA UK LTD→ 16874155 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities
Registered office
86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
HAMZIANPOUR, Amin→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2017-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KANTOR, Bernard→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SONUGA, Nicholas Babatunde→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2017-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (69 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-11-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-17
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-11-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-11
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-05-08
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-05-08
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-05-08
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-05-08