KINGDOM FM RADIO LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC168819 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 27.7y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 27.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

33 officers (2 active, 33 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

176 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	8

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (92 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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MCCALL, Peter appointed
secretary
2026-04-01
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officers · TM02
2026-04-01
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officers · AP03
2026-03-31
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EVANS, Susannah resigned
secretary
2025-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-01-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-31
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WATSON, Michael resigned
director
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas resigned
director
2021-04-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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mortgage · MR01
2020-11-03
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-03-28
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accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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mortgage · MR04
2019-03-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-03-27
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-03-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-03-22
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CROFTS, Blair Andrew resigned
director
2019-03-08
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THOMSON, David Howard Eric appointed
director
2019-03-08
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MACKINTOSH, Shaun Robert resigned
secretary
2019-03-08
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ARENDT, Jonathan Michael Henry resigned
director
2019-03-08
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CAMERON, John Bell resigned
director
2019-03-08
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CONDIE, Ian Mackenzie Penman resigned
director
2019-03-08
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KILGOUR, Robert Dow resigned
director
2019-03-08
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LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang resigned
director
2019-03-08
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MACKINTOSH, Shaun Robert resigned
director
2019-03-08
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WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas appointed
director
2019-03-08
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WATSON, Michael appointed
director
2019-03-05
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EVANS, Susannah appointed
secretary
2018-05-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-05-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-11-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-09-18
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TORLEY, Janet Margaret resigned
director
2017-07-31
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MILLAR, Douglas Andrew Terris resigned
director
2013-08-21
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MURRAY, John resigned
director
2013-06-14
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MILLAR, Douglas Andrew Terris appointed
director
2013-06-14
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PURVIS, John Robert resigned
director
2013-06-14
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TORLEY, Janet Margaret appointed
director
2012-08-15
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CROFTS, Blair Andrew appointed
director
2012-08-14
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BRADY, Kevin resigned
director
2008-07-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-03-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 92 events

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

D.C. Thomson & Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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KINGDOM FM RADIO LTD.

This company · SC168819

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	17/05/2019

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-10-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Courier Buildings

2 Albert Square

Dundee

DD1 9QJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 31 resigned)

MCCALL, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2026-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THOMSON, David Howard Eric→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CONDIE, Ian Mackenzie Penman→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-07 · resigned 2004-02-13

Resigned

EVANS, Susannah→

secretary · appointed 2019-03-05 · resigned 2026-03-31

Resigned

MACKINTOSH, Shaun Robert→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-13 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

WALKER, Ronald Gordon→

secretary · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 1998-04-07

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-07 · resigned 1996-10-24

Resigned

ARENDT, Jonathan Michael Henry→

director · ~70y · appointed 2001-03-23 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

BRADY, Kevin→

director · ~66y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2012-08-14

Resigned

BURNESS, Thomas Johnstone→

director · ~89y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

BURNETT, Charles Michael→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-12-19 · resigned 2007-02-16

Resigned

CAMERON, John Bell→

director · ~87y · appointed 1997-06-15 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

CONDIE, Ian Mackenzie Penman→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-10-13 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

CONNOLLY, Michael Joseph→

director · ~85y · appointed 1998-08-21 · resigned 1999-01-18

Resigned

CROFTS, Blair Andrew→

director · ~57y · appointed 2012-08-15 · resigned 2019-03-22

Resigned

DEWHURST, Anthony John→

director · ~76y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 1997-11-03

Resigned

KILGOUR, Robert Dow→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang→

director · ~88y · appointed 2005-01-21 · resigned 2019-03-08

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Ashley Calder→

director · ~54y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2002-01-31

Resigned

MACKINTOSH, George Alexander John→

director · ~80y · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 2000-08-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	03/11/2020	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	21/05/2018	27/03/2019
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	10/11/2017	27/03/2019
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/03/2008	22/05/2018
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	20/10/1998	03/07/2008

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Recent filings (176 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-04-01

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2026-04-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-04-01