BUZZ PUBLISHING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13224906 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-25
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-673
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
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 72/100 (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 (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £673
Net assets shrinking
Down £984 YoY
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
-£673
↓ 316% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£673£1k£4k£6k£8k£10kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-673£311
Current assets£5.8k£9.9k
Cash£5.8k£7.5k
Debtors£2.4k
Net assets£-673£311

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUZZ PUBLISHING LIMITED
  7. 2021-02-25
    GRAHAM, Michael William appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-25
    THOMPSON, Lynsey appointed
    director
  9. 2021-02-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael William Graham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/02/2021
Mrs Lynsey Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/02/2021

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
Incorporated2021-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

4 Mason Court Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
CA11 9GR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRAHAM, Michael William
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-02-25
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Active
THOMPSON, Lynsey
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-02-25
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-02-25