AUDIO EMOTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC351858 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-27
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 closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 72 → 80
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 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
80
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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees9800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-04-17
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-16
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-16
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  9. 2021-02-11
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  10. 2020-01-08
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  11. 2019-01-03
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  12. 2019-01-03
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  13. 2019-01-03
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  14. 2019-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-29
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  16. 2018-08-21
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    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2008-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AUDIO EMOTION LIMITED
  18. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    CARGILL, Mark David appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    CARGILL, Gary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Cargill
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Mark Cargill
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47430 — Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores

Registered office

Units 18-19 Flemington Road
Queensway Industrial Estate
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 5QF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARGILL, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-27
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Active
CARGILL, Gary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-27
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Recent filings (47 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-11