INTERMEDIA SERVICES (STORNOWAY) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC409413 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-14
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
£49.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of newspapers
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £49,538
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,266 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£50k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£29k£44k£58k£73kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£51.0k£63.3k
Current assets£66.8k£72.6k
Net assets£49.5k£52.8k

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.

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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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-12-08
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2022-12-23
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  6. 2022-12-22
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  7. 2022-12-22
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  8. 2022-12-22
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  9. 2021-12-23
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  10. 2021-03-17
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  11. 2019-12-24
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  12. 2019-08-19
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  13. 2018-12-18
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  14. 2018-05-30
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  15. 2018-03-01
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    CORDEN, Christopher James Jeremy appointed
    director
  16. 2017-08-15
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  17. 2017-01-18
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    address · AD01
  18. 2016-01-01
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    SILVER, Melissa Joy Ellen appointed
    director
  19. 2011-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As INTERMEDIA SERVICES (STORNOWAY) LTD
  20. 2011-10-14
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    SILVER, Frederick Philip Marking appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Braighe Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Braighe Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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INTERMEDIA SERVICES (STORNOWAY) LTD
This company · SC409413

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Frederick Philip Marking Silver
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Braighe Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/04/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Car Hire Hebrides Ltdceased 12/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58130 — Publishing of newspapers

Registered office

Church House
16 James Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2QN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CORDEN, Christopher James Jeremy→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SILVER, Frederick Philip Marking→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SILVER, Melissa Joy Ellen→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23