B4FILMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC351956 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-01
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programming and broadcasting activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-292023-12-29
Average employees4400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-12-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Havisham Assets Limited
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-13
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-22
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    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-11-22
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  16. 2018-11-22
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2018-11-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2018-11-19
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    RAWSON, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As B4FILMS LTD.
  20. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Christopher James appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, James Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Jonathan Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Lesley Alana appointed
    director
  25. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-12-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  28. 2008-12-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC60200 — Television programming and broadcasting activities

Registered office

Ellon Business Centre
Broomiesburn Road
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 9RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
BROWN, Christopher James→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
BROWN, James Charles→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
BROWN, Jonathan Graham→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
BROWN, Lesley Alana→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
RAWSON, Benjamin James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2008-12-01
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2008-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Havisham Assets
Havisham Assets Limited
A registered charge—11/12/2020—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12