YAMAL PRODUCTIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC156613 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Radio broadcasting
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
106 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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-11
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    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2025-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-11
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    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-11-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-11-12
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    address · AD01
  7. 2025-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-11-12
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  9. 2025-11-12
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  10. 2025-11-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2025-11-10
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  12. 2025-03-31
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  13. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  14. 2024-04-10
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  15. 2024-04-10
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  16. 2024-02-29
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  17. 2023-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2023-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  19. 2023-03-08
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  20. 2022-05-24
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  21. 2022-05-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2020-05-03
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    CARRAGHER, Kathleen Winifred appointed
    director
  23. 2020-05-01
    ➖
    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2020-05-01
    ➕
    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2007-03-30
    ➖
    COLQUHOUN, William John resigned
    secretary
  26. 1996-11-18
    ➕
    COLQUHOUN, William John appointed
    secretary
  27. 1996-11-18
    ➖
    BOCKER ROBERTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1995-06-12
    ➕
    COLQUHOUN, William John appointed
    director
  29. 1995-06-12
    ➕
    DEERING, John Alfred Clarke appointed
    director
  30. 1995-06-12
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1995-06-12
    ➕
    BOCKER ROBERTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 1995-06-12
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  33. 1995-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As YAMAL PRODUCTIONS LTD.
  34. 1995-03-14
    ➕
    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 1995-03-14
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1995-03-14
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Alfred Clarke Deering
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

35 Barnton Park Crescent
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
EH4 6ER
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

CARRAGHER, Kathleen Winifred→
director · ~69y · appointed 2020-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLQUHOUN, William John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1995-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEERING, John Alfred Clarke→
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLQUHOUN, William John→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-18 · resigned 2007-03-30
Resigned
ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-03-14 · resigned 2020-05-01
Resigned
ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2020-05-01 · resigned 2025-12-11
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-03-14 · resigned 1995-06-12
Resigned
BOCKER ROBERTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-06-12 · resigned 1996-11-18
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1995-03-14 · resigned 1995-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10