CONNECTING MEDIA GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC701778 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£7.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed technology with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (48/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,594

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£8k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£7.6k£0
Current assets£7.6k
Net assets£7.6k£0

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-25
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-06-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-08-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-06-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CONNECTING MEDIA GROUP LTD
  9. 2021-06-16
    POWELL, Doug appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-06-16
    KELLY, Neale appointed
    director
  11. 2021-06-16
    POWELL, Doug appointed
    director
  12. 2021-06-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Registered office

26 Pendreich Terrace
Bonnyrigg
EH19 2DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

POWELL, Doug
secretary · appointed 2021-06-16
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Active
KELLY, Neale
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-06-16
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Active
POWELL, Doug
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-06-16
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-16