CAMBRIDGE FILM TRUST

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04199742 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-04-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£346

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

30 officers (13 active, 30 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £346

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£346

Current Assets

£28k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£346
Current assets	£27.9k
Net assets	£346

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-18
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2026-01-23
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2025-12-08
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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officers · AP01
2025-06-18
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2025-06-18
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2025-06-18
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2025-06-18
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officers · AP01
2025-06-09
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FARUQI, Nasheed (Qamar) appointed
director
2025-06-09
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FOLEY, Nicola appointed
director
2025-06-09
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GOLDMAN, Rowena Julia appointed
director
2025-06-09
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KNIGHT, Rachel appointed
director
2025-06-09
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SPAGOLLA VOLPI NETTO, Oleno appointed
director
2025-06-09
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WATSON, Richard appointed
director
2025-03-31
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KENDALL, Tina, Dr appointed
director
2025-03-31
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officers · AP01
2025-03-28
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officers · TM01
2025-02-21
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MCNEILL, Isabelle Miranda, Dr resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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MAGUIRE, Geoffrey William, Dr appointed
director
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-12-17
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accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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2022-09-05
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NELSON, Jennifer Louise resigned
director
2021-11-11
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accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts · AA01
2020-08-13
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FISHER, Sigrid Maria resigned
director
2020-03-16
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MANN, Chris resigned
director
2020-03-11
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CAPALDI, Ashley Louise resigned
director
2020-01-22
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LAWRENCE, William Robert, Dr resigned
director
2018-09-21
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WEBB, Matthew David appointed
director
2018-09-21
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CAPALDI, Ashley Louise appointed
director
2018-08-27
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O'BRIEN, Michael appointed
director
2018-08-27
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FISHER, Sigrid Maria appointed
director
2018-08-27
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MANN, Chris appointed
director
2018-08-27
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NELSON, Jennifer Louise appointed
director
2018-02-08
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JOICEY, Nicholas Beverley resigned
director
2016-05-01
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KHALFA, Jean resigned
director
2016-03-18
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JONES, Simon Rolf appointed
director
2016-03-18
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LAWRENCE, William Robert, Dr appointed
director
2016-02-24
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INNES, Rebecca Clare resigned
director
2015-12-08
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WILSON, Richard, Lord resigned
director
2014-01-13
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WILSON, Richard, Lord appointed
director
2013-10-17
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INNES, Rebecca Clare appointed
director
2011-03-01
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THOMPSON, William George resigned
director
2007-08-10
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JOICEY, Nicholas Beverley appointed
director
2007-08-10
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KHALFA, Jean appointed
director

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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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-04-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

Arts Picturehouse

38-39 St Andrews Street

Cambridge

CB2 3AR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-26

Last: 2026-04-12