TVP FILM & MULTIMEDIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC170060 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-21
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.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
  • · Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
  • · Opportunity score: 82 → 74
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "zombie"
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
  • ·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
  • ↑Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
  • ↓Opportunity score: 82 → 74
  • ↓Hygiene score: 82 → 77
  • +1 more
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£171.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59112Video production activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £171,526
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,420 YoY
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£123k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Net Worth
£172k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£172k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£77k£116k£155k£194kNov 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£193.0k£189.6k£199.0k
Current assets£172.1k£158.6k£193.7k
Cash£122.7k£124.9k£123.2k
Debtors£49.4k£33.7k£70.5k
Net assets£171.5k£176.9k£186.1k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
    ➖
    WOOD, Richard William resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-06-22
    ➖
    WOOD, Richard William resigned
    director
  3. 2026-06-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-06-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-11-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-11-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-11-15
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    WOOD, Ranald resigned
    director
  12. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2004-03-01
    ➖
    WOOD, Mariam Murray resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-03-01
    ➕
    WOOD, Richard William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-08-30
    ➕
    WOOD, Ranald appointed
    director
  23. 2000-06-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 1996-11-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As TVP FILM & MULTIMEDIA LIMITED
  25. 1996-11-21
    ➕
    WOOD, Richard Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 1996-11-21
    ➕
    WOOD, Mariam Murray appointed
    secretary
  27. 1996-11-21
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-11-21
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-11-21
    ➕
    WOOD, Richard William appointed
    director
  30. 1996-11-21
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1996-11-21
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: WOOD, Richard William resigned 2026-06-22; WOOD, Richard William resigned 2026-06-22

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Christopher Wood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Richard William Wood
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ranald Woodceased 30/01/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

122 Broomhill Road
Aberdeen
AB10 6HX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

WOOD, Richard Christopher→
director · ~52y · appointed 1996-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Mariam Murray→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 2004-03-01
Resigned
WOOD, Richard William→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2026-06-22
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 1996-11-21
Resigned
WOOD, Ranald→
director · ~48y · appointed 2002-08-30 · resigned 2023-11-15
Resigned
WOOD, Richard William→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 2026-06-22
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 1996-11-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property05/06/2000—
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Recent filings (83 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-06-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22