EXTRA MILE MEDIA AND EVENTS LIMITED

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SC357641 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-217.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -88% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £217,308
Cash draining
Cash down 88% YoY
Cash YoY
-88%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£380
↓ 88% YoY
Net Worth
-£217k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£217k-£172k-£126k-£81k-£35k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-215.6k£-120.9k
Current assets£10.0k£5.9k
Cash£380£3.2k
Debtors£9.6k£2.7k
Net assets£-217.3k£-142.6k

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

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-24
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2021-12-15
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  7. 2021-12-15
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-06-30
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    MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin resigned
    secretary
  9. 2021-06-30
    ➖
    MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin resigned
    director
  10. 2021-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-30
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  12. 2019-12-23
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  13. 2018-12-18
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  14. 2018-01-03
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  15. 2017-08-08
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-01-06
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  17. 2016-04-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-03-25
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    MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2009-08-10
    ➕
    CURBISHLEY, Allison appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-01
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    CRAM, Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-01
    ➖
    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  24. 2009-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As EXTRA MILE MEDIA AND EVENTS LIMITED
  25. 2009-04-02
    ➕
    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Cram
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/04/2017

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
Incorporated2009-04-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

25 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2ER
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CRAM, Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-05-01
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Active
CURBISHLEY, Allison→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-08-10
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Active
MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2021-06-30
Resigned
MACGREGOR, Alexander Rankin→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-03-25 · resigned 2021-06-30
Resigned
TOWNSEND, Paul Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-04-02 · resigned 2009-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property03/02/2010—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30