BELL MEDIA INC.
🌳Matureactive
FC011896 · oversea-company · incorporated 1983-05-13
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 96-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 96). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (45/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
14 officers (14 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
- 2012-10-30✏️change-of-name-overseas-by-resolution-with-datechange-of-name · OSNM01
- 2012-01-17📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 1996-12-11📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1996-10-09📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1996-07-25➕FECAN, Ivan appointeddirector
- 1996-07-25➕SMITH, Donald M. appointeddirector
- 1995-03-21📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-26➕VINER, Anthony Peers appointeddirector
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-19📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-11-30➕POLLOCK, John Albon appointeddirector
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-08-10📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1994-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1994-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1992-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1991-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1990-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1990-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1990-06-15➕STIRLING, Scott appointeddirector
- 1990-03-05➕CASSADAY, John Michael appointeddirector
- 1989-11-17➕HOLTBY, Douglas Martin appointeddirector
- 1988-12-13➕POULIOT, Adrian Denys appointeddirector
- 1988-12-13➕SHERRATT, Frederick George appointeddirector
- 1987-07-10➕BASSETT, Douglas Graeme appointeddirector
- 1983-05-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BELL MEDIA INC.
- 1983-05-13➕MARLEAU, Paul appointeddirector
- 1983-05-13➕MOFFAT, Randall L. appointeddirector
- 1983-05-13➕OSBORNE, Ronald Walter appointeddirector
- 1983-05-13➕WATERS, Alan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 43 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 96 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 96 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 43 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1983-05-13
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
D K Eade Fca
Newtons Hurst House
157-169 Walton Road
East Molesey Surrey
KT8 0DX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 1993-08-31
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Officers (14 active · 0 resigned)
BASSETT, Douglas Graeme→
Activedirector · appointed 1987-07-10
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CASSADAY, John Michael→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 1990-03-05
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Active
HOLTBY, Douglas Martin→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1989-11-17
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Active
MOFFAT, Randall L.→
Activedirector · ~83y · appointed 1983-05-13
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OSBORNE, Ronald Walter→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 1983-05-13
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POLLOCK, John Albon→
Activedirector · ~90y · appointed 1994-11-30
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POULIOT, Adrian Denys→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1988-12-13
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SHERRATT, Frederick George→
Activedirector · ~96y · appointed 1988-12-13
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SMITH, Donald M.→
Activedirector · ~96y · appointed 1996-07-25
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STIRLING, Scott→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 1990-06-15
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VINER, Anthony Peers→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1995-01-26
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Recent filings (32 total)
change-of-name-overseas-by-resolution-with-date
change-of-name · OSNM01
2012-10-30
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2012-01-17
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1996-12-11
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1996-10-09
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-03-21
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-01-19
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1994-08-10
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1994-08-10