IRON BOX FILMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07278892 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-09
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 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-4.89M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 59112Video production activities
- 59120Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,885,644
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,158,306 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£4.9m
↓ 214% YoY
Current Assets
£625k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £429.9k | £491.7k |
| Current assets | £625.0k | £693.5k |
| Net assets | £-4.89M | £4.27M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-11-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-11-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-11➖BERENS, Raimund resigneddirector
- 2020-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2017-09-05📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-09-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2014-07-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anna Maria Pucher
- 2010-06-09🏢Company incorporatedAs IRON BOX FILMS LIMITED
- 2010-06-09➕HAINES, Nathan appointeddirector
- 2010-06-09➕PUCHER, Bernhard appointeddirector
- 2010-06-09➕BERENS, Raimund appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nathan Haines Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 11/11/2020 |
Mr Bernhard Pucher Individual · German · DOB 03/1980 · age 46 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 11/11/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Raimund Berensceased 11/11/2020· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities
Registered office
8 City Road
London
EC1Y 2AA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
HAINES, Nathan→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2010-06-09
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PUCHER, Bernhard→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2010-06-09
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BERENS, Raimund→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2010-06-09 · resigned 2020-11-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Anna Maria Pucher | A registered charge | — | 29/07/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-16