AI MEDIA SERVICES LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC852572 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AI MEDIA SERVICES LTD
  2. 2025-06-17
    BYTEWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2025-06-17
    BYRNE, Joseph appointed
    director
  4. 2025-06-17
    BYTEWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  5. 2025-06-17
    MACKINNON PARTNERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  6. 2025-06-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Byteware Solutions Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Mackinnon Partners Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
AI MEDIA SERVICES LTD
This company · SC852572

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Joseph Byrne
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2025
Byteware Solutions Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2025
Mackinnon Partners Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2025

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
Incorporated2025-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last:

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BYTEWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-06-17
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Active
BYRNE, Joseph
director · ~70y · appointed 2025-06-17
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Active
BYTEWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-06-17
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Active
MACKINNON PARTNERS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-17