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.
🔒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 27.5y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.5 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
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
33 officers (2 active, 33 linked, 26 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
176 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees8

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (92 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
    MCCALL, Peter appointed
    secretary
  2. 2026-04-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-04-01
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2026-03-31
    EVANS, Susannah resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-12-31
    WATSON, Michael resigned
    director
  12. 2021-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-01
    WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas resigned
    director
  14. 2021-04-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-12
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2020-11-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  18. 2019-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2019-10-02
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  21. 2019-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-03-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  23. 2019-03-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  24. 2019-03-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  25. 2019-03-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  26. 2019-03-22
    CROFTS, Blair Andrew resigned
    director
  27. 2019-03-08
    THOMSON, David Howard Eric appointed
    director
  28. 2019-03-08
    MACKINTOSH, Shaun Robert resigned
    secretary
  29. 2019-03-08
    ARENDT, Jonathan Michael Henry resigned
    director
  30. 2019-03-08
    CAMERON, John Bell resigned
    director
  31. 2019-03-08
    CONDIE, Ian Mackenzie Penman resigned
    director
  32. 2019-03-08
    KILGOUR, Robert Dow resigned
    director
  33. 2019-03-08
    LIVINGSTONE, Ian Lang resigned
    director
  34. 2019-03-08
    MACKINTOSH, Shaun Robert resigned
    director
  35. 2019-03-08
    WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas appointed
    director
  36. 2019-03-08
    WATSON, Michael appointed
    director
  37. 2019-03-05
    EVANS, Susannah appointed
    secretary
  38. 2018-05-22
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  39. 2018-05-21
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  40. 2017-11-10
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  41. 2017-09-18
    TORLEY, Janet Margaret resigned
    director
  42. 2017-07-31
    MILLAR, Douglas Andrew Terris resigned
    director
  43. 2013-08-21
    MURRAY, John resigned
    director
  44. 2013-06-14
    MILLAR, Douglas Andrew Terris appointed
    director
  45. 2013-06-14
    PURVIS, John Robert resigned
    director
  46. 2013-06-14
    TORLEY, Janet Margaret appointed
    director
  47. 2012-08-15
    CROFTS, Blair Andrew appointed
    director
  48. 2012-08-14
    BRADY, Kevin resigned
    director
  49. 2008-07-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  50. 2008-03-11
    🔒
    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
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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/05/2019

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

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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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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
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Active
THOMSON, David Howard Eric
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-08
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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

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge03/11/2020
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge21/05/201827/03/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge10/11/201727/03/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/03/200822/05/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property20/10/199803/07/2008
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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