SANS PEUR PRODUCTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC587758 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-05

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 · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£1.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Motion picture production activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,265

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,331 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 81% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£1.3k	£6.6k
Current assets	—	£3.2k
Net assets	£1.3k	£6.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-10
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-02-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-06-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-05-25
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2018-02-05
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Company incorporated
As SANS PEUR PRODUCTIONS LTD
2018-02-05
➕
SUTHERLAND, Mairi Fraser appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Mairi Fraser Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/11/2021

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

Incorporated2018-02-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

13 Glazert Road

Dunlop

East Ayrshire

KA3 4DE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, Mairi Fraser→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-02-05

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Recent filings (30 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-25

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-02-11

change-sail-address-company-with-new-address

address · AD02

2025-02-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-09

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-02-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-05-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-11-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-04-04