8MM PRODUCTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
13547671 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-07-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-07-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2021-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 8MM PRODUCTIONS LTD
  10. 2021-08-04
    BOTTI, Daphne, Ms. appointed
    director
  11. 2021-08-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-07-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Daphne Botti
Individual · Italian · DOB 12/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/08/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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
Incorporated2021-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Office 6, 8 Cavendish Court
South Parade
Doncaster
DN1 2DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BOTTI, Daphne, Ms.
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-08-04
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-04