123 MEDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04738436 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£109.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59113Television programme production activities
  • 59120Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £109,255
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£141k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£109k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£148k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£60k£90k£120k£150kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£109.3k£104.3k
Current assets£147.7k£149.7k
Cash£141.2k£128.5k
Debtors£6.5k£21.3k
Net assets£109.3k£104.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-06-12
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  4. 2022-08-03
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-11-25
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  8. 2018-06-11
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  9. 2017-06-30
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  10. 2016-07-20
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  11. 2016-05-12
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  12. 2015-12-31
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  13. 2015-04-28
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  14. 2015-04-24
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  15. 2014-07-25
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  16. 2003-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 123 MEDIA LIMITED
  17. 2003-04-17
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    GALIMBERTI, Cristina appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-04-17
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    GALIMBERTI, Cristina appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-17
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    NAPIER, Stuart Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-17
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-17
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2003-04-17
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-04-17
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cristina Galimberti
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Stuart Peter Napier
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

Kingshill Farm House
34 North Street Nailsea
Bristol
BS48 4BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALIMBERTI, Cristina→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
GALIMBERTI, Cristina→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
NAPIER, Stuart Peter→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-17
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Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2003-04-17
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2003-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2026-03-18
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2025-07-31
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2025-03-24
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2024-09-05
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2024-03-06
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2023-06-12
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2023-03-08
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2022-08-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
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2020-09-29
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2020-04-01
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2019-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
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