RECOVERY FILMS CIC

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SC381445 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-07-05

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Video production 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 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,669

Cash YoY

+87%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↑ 87% YoY

Net Worth

-£2k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↑ 87% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-1.7k	£-1.9k
Current assets	£1.4k	£767
Cash	£1.4k	£767
Net assets	£-1.7k	£-2.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts · AA
2020-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-26
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accounts · AA
2018-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-08-26
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change-of-name-community-interest-company
change-of-name · CICCON
2016-08-26
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2016-08-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-29
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annual-return · AR01
2010-07-05
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Company incorporated
As RECOVERY FILMS CIC
2010-07-05
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FENTON, Russ appointed
director
2010-07-05
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MCGURK, Bernard appointed
director
2010-07-05
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MCKEE, Brian appointed
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bernard Mcgurk Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Russ Fenton Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Brian Mckee Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-07-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

33 Strude Mill

Alva

Clackmannanshire

FK12 5JW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FENTON, Russ→

director · ~75y · appointed 2010-07-05

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Active

MCGURK, Bernard→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-07-05

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Active

MCKEE, Brian→

director · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-05

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Active

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