BANYAK FILMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06090079 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-07
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 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 59112Video production activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2015-10-07➕GROVE-WHITE, Ruth Hannah appointeddirector
- 2015-10-07➕HARTFORD, Julia May appointeddirector
- 2011-12-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Roy Michael Bard
- 2007-02-08➖INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-02-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BANYAK FILMS LIMITED
- 2007-02-07➕HARTFORD, Hugh Cormac appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-07➕HARTFORD, Anson Henry appointeddirector
- 2007-02-07➕HARTFORD, Hugh Cormac appointeddirector
- 2007-02-07➕INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hugh Cormac Hartford Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/04/2017 |
Mr Anson Henry Hartford Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/04/2017 |
Ms Ruth Hannah Grove-White Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/04/2017 |
Mrs Julia May Hartford Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities
Registered office
Greenlands
Monkton Wylde
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 6DD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
HARTFORD, Hugh Cormac→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GROVE-WHITE, Ruth Hannah→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARTFORD, Anson Henry→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARTFORD, Hugh Cormac→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARTFORD, Julia May→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-07 · resigned 2007-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Roy Michael Bard | Lease | 1 property | 07/12/2011 | 26/03/2018 |
Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09