SIRIUS TV PRODUCTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC373530 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£19.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Television programme production activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,132

Cash YoY

+28%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£29k

↑ 28% YoY

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 8.0% YoY

Current Assets

£29k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£19.4k	£18.1k
Current assets	£28.9k	£25.8k
Cash	£28.9k	£22.6k
Debtors	—	£3.1k
Net assets	£19.1k	£17.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-05-07
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2024-07-03
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2023-06-13
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2022-06-07
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2021-07-22
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2020-06-11
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2019-10-03
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2018-05-09
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2017-05-26
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2016-04-19
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2016-04-06
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2016-04-06
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2015-05-15
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2015-05-01
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2015-04-23
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2010-02-23
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Company incorporated
As SIRIUS TV PRODUCTIONS LTD
2010-02-23
➕
LEES, David Thomas appointed
director
2010-02-23
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-02-23
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Thomas Lees Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated2010-02-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

Dalkeith Cottage

Rumbling Bridge

Kinross

KY13 0PT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-20

Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LEES, David Thomas→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-02-23

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Active

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23

Resigned

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