121 DIGITAL MARKETING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15356760 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-16
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
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£370
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £370
Net assets shrinking
Down £723 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£370
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£15kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£370£1.1k
Current assets£5.5k£14.7k
Cash£5.4k£14.2k
Debtors£75£575
Net assets£370£1.1k

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

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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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 121 DIGITAL MARKETING LTD
  5. 2023-12-16
    HYDE, Darren appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-16
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 Darren Hyde
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

Unit 27 Craven Park Training And Enterprise Centre
Poorhouse Lane
Hull
HU9 5HE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HYDE, Darren
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-12-16
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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-16