32 MEDIA (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC468060 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-22
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£-16
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£16
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-31
Total assets£-16
Current assets£0
Net assets£-16

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-31
    ➖
    THOMSON, Gillian Ann resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-07
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-08-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-02-01
    ➕
    THOMSON, Gillian Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2014-01-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 32 MEDIA (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  19. 2014-01-22
    ➕
    THOMSON, Norman George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 66. 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 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Norman George Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/05/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Technology · AB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
1 SUSTAINABLE LTD→
SC708086 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
10 X JOINT VENTURES LTD→
SC828263 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
10 X VENTURES LTD→
SC825727 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ABERDEEN AND GRAMPIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE→
SC000791 · est 1877 · no financials extracted
————148y——
ABERDEEN DATA SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC393910 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————15y——
ABEYTRUST TECH SOLUTION LIMITED→
SC855186 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ADES-BELLEVUE-CONSULTANCY-SERVICES (BACSS) LTD→
SC873344 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ADSY CREATIVE LIMITED→
SC665152 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
AGRITRUST LTD→
SC877870 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
AI CLOUD CRAFT LTD→
SC853808 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
AIXEL LTD→
SC798444 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AKINU SYSTEMS LTD→
SC848958 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

16 Hillside Crescent
Westhill
Aberdeenshire
AB32 6PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THOMSON, Norman George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Gillian Ann→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-02-01 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-01