ABC NEWS OVERSEAS SALES,INC.
🌳Matureactive
FC013514 · oversea-company · incorporated 1986-06-27
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 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (48/100)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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2006-12-08📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2004-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2001-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1999-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1998-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1997-07-18📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 1997-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1996-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1995-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1995-02-17📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-02-17📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1995-01-01📄selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995historical · PRE95
- 1994-10-24➕BRAVERMAN, Alan Norman appointeddirector
- 1994-09-20➕WESTIN, David appointeddirector
- 1994-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1993-10-05📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1993-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1993-08-05📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1993-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1993-02-05📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1993-02-05📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1993-01-12➕FRIEDMAN, Paul appointeddirector
- 1992-08-12📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 1992-08-12📄legacyofficers · FPA
- 1992-08-12📄legacycertificate · 692(1)(c)
- 1987-01-22➕DOERFLER, Ronald appointeddirector
- 1987-01-22➕FARNSWORTH, Philip Richeson appointeddirector
- 1986-06-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC NEWS OVERSEAS SALES,INC.
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
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 39 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 39 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1986-06-27
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Justin Robert Chichester Walkey
90 Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1JP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2003-09-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
BRAVERMAN, Alan Norman→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1994-10-24
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DOERFLER, Ronald→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 1987-01-22
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FARNSWORTH, Philip Richeson→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 1987-01-22
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FRIEDMAN, Paul→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1993-01-12
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WESTIN, David→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1994-09-20
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Recent filings (35 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2006-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2004-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2003-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2001-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2000-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1999-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1998-04-20
legacy
accounts · 225
1997-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1997-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1996-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1995-11-06
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-02-17
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
1995-02-17
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
historical · PRE95
1995-01-01