SEVERANCE PRODUCTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08550217 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-30
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 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-2.25M
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 5.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.2 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 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
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,254,387
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,507,897 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2.3m
↓ 200% YoY
Current Assets
£336k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2.3m-£1.4m-£451k£450k£1.4m£2.3mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-272024-05-27
Total assets£-2.22M£2.22M
Current assets£336.1k£335.4k
Net assets£-2.25M£2.25M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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  3. 2025-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-02-20
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    RYAN, Michael Patrick resigned
    director
  5. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-07-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-25
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  14. 2021-05-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2021-05-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-05-06
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    address · AD01
  17. 2021-04-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2021-04-09
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    BRADLEY, Leslie Grant resigned
    director
  19. 2021-04-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Gfm Films LLP
  20. 2020-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2013-05-30
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    Company incorporated
    As SEVERANCE PRODUCTIONS LTD
  23. 2013-05-30
    ➕
    COLLINS, Guy Stanley appointed
    director
  24. 2013-05-30
    ➕
    HEDMAN, Jan Fredrik appointed
    director
  25. 2013-05-30
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Leslie Grant appointed
    director
  26. 2013-05-30
    ➕
    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 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.)

Group structure

Nucit Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Nucit Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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SEVERANCE PRODUCTIONS LTD
This company · 08550217

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Nucit Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Gfm Films Llpceased 09/04/2021· 50-75% shares · trust interest

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
Incorporated2013-05-30
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: 2027-02-27
Last made up to: 2025-05-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COLLINS, Guy Stanley→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDMAN, Jan Fredrik→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Leslie Grant→
director · ~78y · appointed 2013-05-30 · resigned 2021-04-09
Resigned
RYAN, Michael Patrick→
director · ~76y · appointed 2013-05-30 · resigned 2025-02-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Gfm Films
Gfm Films LLP
A registered charge—09/04/2021—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-02