AWAZ FM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC225719 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-11-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Radio broadcasting
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-09📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-01➖SANGHA, Charanjit Singh resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-04-02➕ULLAH, Mohammed Javaid appointeddirector
- 2008-08-24➖ULLAH, Mohammed Javaid resigneddirector
- 2005-07-01➕ULLAH, Mohammed Javaid appointeddirector
- 2005-06-01➖ULLAH, Javaid resigneddirector
- 2004-05-25➕SANGHA, Charanjit Singh appointeddirector
- 2004-05-25➕ULLAH, Javaid appointeddirector
- 2001-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AWAZ FM LIMITED
- 2001-11-27➕MALIK, Ali Rasool appointeddirector
- 2001-11-27➕SATTAR, Jawud appointeddirector
- 2001-11-27➕SANGHA, Charanjit Singh appointedsecretary
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Ali Malik Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC086146 · est 1984 | £10.24M £7.31M–£13.17M | — | — | 137 | 42y | 83 | 79y |
| BLACKBAUD EUROPE LTD.→ SC212593 · est 2000 | £3.33M £2.38M–£4.28M | £23.77M | — | 12000 | 25y | 84 | 64y |
| ALTIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC228451 · est 2002 | £409.8k £292.7k–£526.9k | £6.88M | — | 0 | 24y | 83 | 60y |
| ANGEL EYE MEDIA LIMITED→ SC268652 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 500 | 21y | 83 | 61y |
| APERTA LIMITED→ SC136758 · est 1992 | — | — | £13.46M | — | 34y | 83 | 75y |
| CALEDONIA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD.→ SC141667 · est 1992 | — | — | £451.3k | — | 33y | 83 | 77y |
| CRAB APPLE FILMS LIMITED→ SC242643 · est 2003 | — | — | — | 200 | 23y | 83 | 64y |
| CUE AND REVIEW RECORDING SERVICE LIMITED→ SC129748 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | 83 | 78y |
| E-MAX SYSTEMS LIMITED→ SC189614 · est 1998 | — | — | £290.8k | — | 27y | 83 | 76y |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2001-11-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting
Registered office
Craig House Suite 3
64 Darnley Street
Glasgow
G41 2SE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
MALIK, Ali Rasool→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2001-11-27
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SANGHA, Charanjit Singh→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-05-25
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SATTAR, Jawud→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2001-11-27
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ULLAH, Mohammed Javaid→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-04-02
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SANGHA, Charanjit Singh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-27 · resigned 2025-12-01
ULLAH, Javaid→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-05-25 · resigned 2005-06-01
ULLAH, Mohammed Javaid→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2008-08-24
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-09