MEDIAHAU5 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC448253 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£-29.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

65/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -76% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

65/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £29,725

Cash draining

Cash down 76% YoY

Cash YoY

-76%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 76% YoY

Net Worth

-£30k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£-29.6k	£15.7k
Current assets	£32.4k	£51.1k
Cash	£1.2k	£4.9k
Debtors	£31.2k	£46.2k
Net assets	£-29.7k	£-28.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-03-03
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accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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accounts · AA
2018-10-08
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accounts · AA
2018-06-14
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address · AD01
2018-06-11
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officers · CH04
2018-06-08
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address · AD01
2018-01-10
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officers · CH01
2017-09-01
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accounts · AA
2016-09-07
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accounts · AA
2016-04-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-14
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accounts · AA
2013-12-19
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MCSKIMMING, Sophie appointed
director
2013-04-24
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MCSKIMMING, Ross appointed
director
2013-04-24
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
director
2013-04-23
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Company incorporated
As MEDIAHAU5 LIMITED
2013-04-23
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INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-04-23
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

44/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-07

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ross Mcskimming Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Sophie Mcskimming Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-04-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Carden Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-07OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-04-23

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Active

MCSKIMMING, Ross→

director · ~46y · appointed 2013-04-24

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Active

MCSKIMMING, Sophie→

director · ~37y · appointed 2013-12-19

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Active

COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→

director · ~53y · appointed 2013-04-23 · resigned 2013-04-24

Resigned

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