NETMEDIA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC483579 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-04

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£-215.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £215,317

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£215k

↑ 6.6% YoY

Current Assets

£167k

↑ 9.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£-144.9k	£-123.3k
Current assets	£166.8k	£152.3k
Cash	—	£28.0k
Debtors	£166.8k	£124.3k
Net assets	£-215.3k	£-230.5k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-05-22
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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MACKENZIE, Robert John appointed
director
2020-03-31
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MACKENZIE, William Hugh James appointed
director
2020-03-31
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officers · AP01
2020-03-31
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officers · AP01
2020-03-30
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MACKENZIE, Robert John resigned
director
2020-03-30
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MACKENZIE, William Hugh James resigned
director
2020-03-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-30
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officers · TM01
2019-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-01
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-01
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officers · CH01
2018-08-01
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officers · CH01
2018-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2014-08-04
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Company incorporated
As NETMEDIA LTD
2014-08-04
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MACKENZIE, Robert John appointed
secretary
2014-08-04
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MACKENZIE, Alasdair Donald appointed
director
2014-08-04
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MACKENZIE, Robert John appointed
director
2014-08-04
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MACKENZIE, William Hugh James appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Hugh James Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Alasdair Donald Mackenzie Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Robert John Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 02/1987 · age 39	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2014-08-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Old Drynie House

Kilmuir,

North Kessock

Highland

IV1 3XG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Robert John→

secretary · appointed 2014-08-04

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Active

MACKENZIE, Alasdair Donald→

director · ~73y · appointed 2014-08-04

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Active

MACKENZIE, Robert John→

director · ~39y · appointed 2020-03-31

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Active

MACKENZIE, William Hugh James→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-03-31

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Active

MACKENZIE, Robert John→

director · ~39y · appointed 2014-08-04 · resigned 2020-03-30

Resigned

MACKENZIE, William Hugh James→

director · ~41y · appointed 2014-08-04 · resigned 2020-03-30

Resigned

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