MORETON FILMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04573758 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-52.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £52,925
Net assets shrinking
Down £68,323 YoY
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.7m
↓ 7.2% YoY
Net Worth
-£53k
↓ 444% YoY
Current Assets
£3.0m
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£53k£574k£1.2m£1.8m£2.5m£3.1mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-52.9k£15.4k
Current assets£2.96M£3.08M
Cash£2.73M£2.95M
Debtors£232.0k£137.0k
Net assets£-52.9k£15.4k

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

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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-07-22
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  3. 2023-07-24
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  6. 2020-07-20
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  7. 2019-07-15
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  8. 2018-08-06
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  9. 2017-07-27
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  10. 2016-07-29
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  11. 2015-10-13
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  12. 2015-07-17
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  13. 2014-10-30
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  15. 2013-10-24
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  16. 2002-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As MORETON FILMS LIMITED
  17. 2002-10-25
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    OWEN, David John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-10-25
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    OWEN, David John appointed
    director
  19. 2002-10-25
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    OWEN, Diana Frances appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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  23. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  24. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-10-25
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr David John Owen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Diana Frances Owen
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

The Old House
Main Street
Maids Moreton
Buckingham
MK18 1QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

OWEN, David John→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
OWEN, David John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
OWEN, Diana Frances→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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2025-06-26
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2024-10-11
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2024-07-22
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2023-10-11
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2023-07-24
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2022-10-12
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2022-06-23
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2021-10-06
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2021-07-30
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2020-10-06
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2020-07-20
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2019-10-17
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2019-07-15
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