IRON BOX FILMS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08486933 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
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
£101
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 1 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 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
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £101

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£101
~ YoY
Current Assets
£11
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£61£81£101Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£101£101
Current assets£11£11
Net assets£101£101

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-11-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-11-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-11-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-11-11
    BERENS, Raimund resigned
    director
  12. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-07-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Anna Maria Pucher
  18. 2013-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As IRON BOX FILMS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2013-04-12
    HAINES, Nathan appointed
    director
  20. 2013-04-12
    PUCHER, Annemarie appointed
    director
  21. 2013-04-12
    PUCHER, Bernhard appointed
    director
  22. 2013-04-12
    BERENS, Raimund 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
  • +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

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nathan Haines
Individual · British · DOB 06/2020 · age 6
sig. influencesignificant influence11/11/2020
Mr Bernhard Pucher
Individual · German · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
sig. influencesignificant influence11/11/2020
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

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: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HAINES, Nathan
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-04-12
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Active
PUCHER, Annemarie
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-04-12
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Active
PUCHER, Bernhard
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-04-12
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Active
BERENS, Raimund
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-04-12 · resigned 2020-11-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Anna Maria Pucher
A registered charge29/07/2014
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-16