AUDIO FRATERNITY LTD

💤Zombieactive
11846987 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59112Video production activities
  • 59200Sound recording and music publishing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

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
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-02-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUDIO FRATERNITY LTD
  8. 2019-02-26
    ELLIS-MOORE, Learoy Christopher appointed
    director
  9. 2019-02-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Learoy Christopher Ellis-Moore
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/02/2019

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
Incorporated2019-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

41 Cove Road
Farnborough
GU14 0EL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ELLIS-MOORE, Learoy Christopher
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-02-26
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-02-26