A19 FILM AND VIDEO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02084499 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-12-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 38.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59113Television programme production activities
  • 85520Cultural education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 38.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees0

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
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-28
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-04-04
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  5. 2023-04-03
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  6. 2023-04-03
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-03-31
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  8. 2023-03-31
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  9. 2022-04-04
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  10. 2021-04-07
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  11. 2019-12-20
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  12. 2019-01-02
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  13. 2018-02-20
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  14. 2017-12-18
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  15. 2016-12-19
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  16. 2008-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 1997-01-01
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    WILLIAMS, Belinda Helen Currer appointed
    director
  18. 1995-05-01
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    WILLIAMS, Belinda Helen Currer appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-04-30
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    CATMULL, Michael resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-04-30
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    CATMULL, Michael resigned
    director
  21. 1988-05-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1988-05-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1986-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A19 FILM AND VIDEO LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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
Ms Belinda Helen Currer Williams
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control · firm interest31/03/2023
Mr Nick William Oldham
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Belinda Helen Currer Williamsceased 31/03/2023· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1986-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

18 Lilac Gardens
Gateshead
NE9 5TL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Belinda Helen Currer→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-01
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Active
OLDHAM, Nicholas William→
director · ~69y
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Active
WILLIAMS, Belinda Helen Currer→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-01-01
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Active
CATMULL, Michael→
secretary · resigned 1995-04-30
Resigned
CATMULL, Michael→
director · ~79y · resigned 1995-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property23/05/198831/01/2008
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property06/05/1988—
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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07