1981 MEDIA LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11761942 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-11
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
26 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,613
Net assets shrinking
Down £74,545 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£6k
↓ 93% YoY
Current Assets
£71k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£50k£74k£99k£124kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£67.2k£148.6k
Current assets£71.2k£123.8k
Net assets£5.6k£80.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-28
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    ROBINSON, Derek Alan appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-28
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Andrew Leonard resigned
    director
  10. 2020-07-28
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    TAYLOR, Andrew Charles William resigned
    director
  11. 2020-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-07-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-07-28
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  14. 2020-07-28
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  15. 2020-07-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-02-07
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    address · AD01
  18. 2019-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-02-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2019-02-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-02-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2019-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 1981 MEDIA LTD
  23. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    KRUSZEWSKI-WILLIAMS, Kornel appointed
    director
  24. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Andrew Charles William appointed
    director
  25. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Andrew Leonard appointed
    director
  26. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Andrew Charles William 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 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Leonard Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

336 Wey House 15 Church Street
Weybridge
KT13 8NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KRUSZEWSKI-WILLIAMS, Kornel→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Derek Alan→
director · ~80y · appointed 2020-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Andrew Charles William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Andrew Leonard→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-01-11 · resigned 2020-07-28
Resigned
TAYLOR, Andrew Charles William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-01-11 · resigned 2020-07-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-28