ENEMY FILMS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC657272 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-12
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£4.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 60200Television programming and broadcasting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,140
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,431 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 269% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£4.9k£31.6k
Current assets£4.9k£1.3k
Net assets£4.1k£31.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-12-10
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2025-12-10
    📄
    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  5. 2025-12-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-08-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2025-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-03-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-12-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-12-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ENEMY FILMS LTD
  15. 2020-03-12
    KIRWAN, Sinead Roseanna appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-12
    LACEY, Mark William Bartholemew appointed
    director
  17. 2020-03-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-08-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark William Bartholemew Lacey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
2550%
25-50% shares12/03/2020
Mrs Sinead Roseanna Kirwan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
2550%
25-50% shares12/03/2020

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

Unit 9, The Matrix
Newhaven Road
Edinburgh
EH6 5QB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KIRWAN, Sinead Roseanna
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-03-12
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Active
LACEY, Mark William Bartholemew
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-03-12
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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-10
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-12-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27