ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA (BARROW) LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13928992 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Web portals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
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, 2 with DOB)
80
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
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-10-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA (BARROW) LTD
- 2022-02-21➕APPLEBY, Kayele appointedsecretary
- 2022-02-21➕ROOKE, Siobhan appointedsecretary
- 2022-02-21➕APPLEBY, Kayele appointeddirector
- 2022-02-21➕ROOKE, Siobhan appointeddirector
- 2022-02-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
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Ms Siobhan Rooke Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/02/2022 |
Mrs Kayele Appleby Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/02/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 1 MEDIA LIMITED→ 06017972 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
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| 2NET LIMITED→ 05280085 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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| A DIGITAL LIMITED→ 07041426 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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| ABSTRACT SYMBOL LIMITED→ 09145902 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ACORN EXPLOSION LIMITED→ 11225168 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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| AERIALEK (DALTON) LTD→ 07745352 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63120 — Web portals
Registered office
C/O Meta Tax Limited
33 Princes Crescent
Morecambe
Lancashire
LA4 6BY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
APPLEBY, Kayele→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROOKE, Siobhan→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (13 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-21