GFM FILM SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07891066 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-23
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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
50
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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
62 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees3

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

6 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-09-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-02-20
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    RYAN, Michael Patrick resigned
    director
  6. 2024-11-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2024-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-09-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-05-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2022-05-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2021-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2017-07-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2015-11-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Mufg Union Bank, N.A.
  23. 2011-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As GFM FILM SALES LIMITED
  24. 2011-12-23
    ➕
    COLLINS, Guy Stanley appointed
    director
  25. 2011-12-23
    ➕
    HEDMAN, Jan Fredrik appointed
    director
  26. 2011-12-23
    ➕
    RYAN, Michael Patrick appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Nucit Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Nucit Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GFM FILM SALES LIMITED
This company · 07891066

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Nucit Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Gfm Films Llpceased 09/04/2021· 75-100% shares

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

Suite 7 The Sanctuary
23 Oakhill Grove
Surbiton
KT6 6DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COLLINS, Guy Stanley→
director · ~82y · appointed 2011-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDMAN, Jan Fredrik→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RYAN, Michael Patrick→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-12-23 · resigned 2025-02-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Mufg Union Bank, N.A.
A registered charge1 property20/11/201524/07/2017

Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24