TV FORMATS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04989231 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-09

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

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Television programme production activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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officers · TM02
2026-04-12
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HUNT, Jennifer Susan resigned
secretary
2025-12-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-14
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2025-08-29
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2024-08-13
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2023-09-16
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2022-01-27
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2021-02-17
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2020-06-05
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2019-07-08
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2018-08-29
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2017-09-07
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2016-02-02
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2015-12-11
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2015-07-14
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2003-12-09
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Company incorporated
As TV FORMATS LIMITED
2003-12-09
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HUNT, Robert Paul appointed
director
2003-12-09
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-12-09
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-12-09
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HUNT, Jennifer Susan appointed
secretary
2003-12-09
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2003-12-09
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mirko Whitfield Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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5 AGILE LTD→ 09070113 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
506 PRODUCTIONS LTD→ 13529566 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
607 IT SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16002282 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
7 ASPECTS LTD→ 11176439 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
7 DAYS IN BED LTD→ 11418637 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-12-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

147 Hempstead Road

Watford

Hertfordshire

WD17 3HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-11

Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

HUNT, Robert Paul→

director · ~76y · appointed 2003-12-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GRAEME, Dorothy May→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-09 · resigned 2003-12-09

Resigned

HUNT, Jennifer Susan→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-09 · resigned 2026-04-12

Resigned

GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→

nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-12-09 · resigned 2003-12-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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officers · TM02

2026-06-01

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-28