SOMEDAY MEDIA LTD

💤Zombieactive

06509727 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-20

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

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-16
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2022-11-26
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2021-11-06
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2021-02-17
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2019-11-24
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2018-11-17
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2017-11-19
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2016-11-27
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2016-02-28
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2015-11-29
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2015-03-01
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2014-02-28
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2013-02-18
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HARPER, Alex Mylene resigned
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2008-02-21
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2008-02-21
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2008-02-20
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Company incorporated
As SOMEDAY MEDIA LTD
2008-02-20
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HARPER, Adrian Derek appointed
secretary
2008-02-20
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HARPER, Adrian Derek appointed
director
2008-02-20
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2008-02-20
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HARPER, Alex Mylene appointed
director
2008-02-20
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Derek Harper Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	20/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-02-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24 Quarry Street

Rawmarsh

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S62 7DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARPER, Adrian Derek→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-20

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Active

HARPER, Adrian Derek→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-02-20

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-20 · resigned 2008-02-21

Resigned

HARPER, Alex Mylene→

director · ~37y · appointed 2008-02-20 · resigned 2013-02-18

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-20 · resigned 2008-02-21

Resigned

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