AEM MEDIA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15602149 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£300
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
50
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £300

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£300
Current Assets
£158k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£300
Current assets£158.0k
Net assets£300

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-03-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AEM MEDIA LTD
  4. 2024-03-29
    TAYLOR, Adam Geoffrey appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-29
    TAYLOR, Emma Jacqueline Joy appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-06-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adam Geoffrey Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 03/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/03/2024
Mrs Emma Jacqueline Joy Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

12 Acorn Business Park
Northarbour Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3TH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Adam Geoffrey
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-03-29
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Active
TAYLOR, Emma Jacqueline Joy
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-29
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-29