DIGITAL MEDIA VENDING UK LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC617964 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-11
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.
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DIGITAL MEDIA VENDING UK LTD
  13. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    ASHFORTH, David appointed
    director
  14. 2019-01-11
    ➕
    TUZI, Raymond appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Digital Media Vending International Llc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Digital Media Vending International Llc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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DIGITAL MEDIA VENDING UK LTD
This company · SC617964

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
Digital Media Vending International Llc
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Northumberland Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6LQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASHFORTH, David→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-01-11
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Active
TUZI, Raymond→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-01-11
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-20