BANKSIDE FILMS LTD.

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SC313026 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.01M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture distribution activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,008,635
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
-£1.0m
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£1.0m-£530k-£37k£456k£949k£1.4mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.18M£764.4k
Current assets£1.44M£1.08M
Cash£1.17M£713.1k
Debtors£270.0k£369.1k
Net assets£-1.01M£-1.02M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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  2. 2024-12-17
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  3. 2024-01-10
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  4. 2023-08-25
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  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2021-09-23
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  7. 2020-10-01
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  8. 2019-09-26
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  9. 2018-12-07
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  10. 2018-08-28
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  11. 2017-12-20
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    DAVIS, Hilary Francesca Gay resigned
    director
  12. 2017-09-06
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  13. 2016-09-02
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  14. 2015-12-11
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  15. 2015-12-11
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  16. 2015-09-23
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  17. 2012-08-01
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    KELLIHER, Stephen Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2007-02-12
    ➕
    ROSS, Shaun Compton appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-02-12
    ➕
    HUNT, Phillip Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2007-02-12
    ➕
    ROSS, Shaun Compton appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-12
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-02-12
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    DAVIS, Hilary Francesca Gay appointed
    director
  23. 2007-02-12
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BANKSIDE FILMS LTD.
  25. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-12-05
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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 Shaun Compton Ross
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Philip Robert Hunt
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2023

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
Incorporated2006-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59131 — Motion picture distribution activities

Registered office

The Metrol Centre
Kirkhill Place
Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce
Aberdeen
AB21 0GU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Shaun Compton→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNT, Phillip Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-02-12
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Active
KELLIHER, Stephen Patrick Joseph→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Shaun Compton→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2007-02-12
Resigned
DAVIS, Hilary Francesca Gay→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-02-12 · resigned 2017-12-20
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2007-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
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2025-12-03
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2025-02-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26