CRFM CIC

🏛️Establishedactive

11900472 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2019-03-23

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 Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Radio broadcasting

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-03-31
Average employees	500

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-07-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-14
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BLACKBURN, Mark Bernard appointed
director
2026-04-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-01
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TUDDENHAM, Phillip appointed
director
2026-01-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
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KERR, Lindsey resigned
director
2025-05-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-22
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CARTER, Colin resigned
director
2025-03-31
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-02-25
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-02-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-24
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USHER, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2025-02-24
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BENTLEY, Keren resigned
secretary
2024-12-20
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change-of-name-community-interest-company
change-of-name · CICCON
2024-12-20
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-22
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-16
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BENTLEY, Keren appointed
director
2023-11-16
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BENTLEY, Keren appointed
secretary
2023-11-16
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REDHEAD, Chris resigned
director
2023-11-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-03
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-04-23
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BOWDITCH, Steven John William appointed
director
2023-04-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-17
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THOMAS, Darrell Noel appointed
director
2023-04-17
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CARTER, Colin appointed
director
2023-04-17
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REDHEAD, Chris appointed
director
2023-02-13
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PARKER, Rafe Duncan resigned
director
2021-06-01
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REAY, Martin Edward Marriott resigned
director
2019-03-23
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Company incorporated
As CRFM CIC
2019-03-23
➕
KERR, Lindsey appointed
director
2019-03-23
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PARKER, Rafe Duncan appointed
director
2019-03-23
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REAY, Martin Edward Marriott appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed 2 times

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-12-20: change-of-name-community-interest-company; 2024-12-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2019-03-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

The John Myers Studios Unit 43 Enterprise Centre

James Street

Carlisle

CA2 5BB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22