BIG TEETH MEDIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC614454 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-625.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £625,078

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£625k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£625k-£625k-£625k-£625k-£625k-£625kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-625.1k
Net assets£-625.1k
Average employees100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2026-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-11-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIG TEETH MEDIA LIMITED
  12. 2018-11-23
    WATT, James Bruce appointed
    director
  13. 2018-11-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Jbw (77) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Jbw (77) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BIG TEETH MEDIA LIMITED
This company · SC614454

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jbw (77) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/11/2018

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
Incorporated2018-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Third Floor
3 Hill Street, New Town
Edinburgh
N/A
EH2 3JP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WATT, James Bruce
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-11-23
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Recent filings (18 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20