CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN PRODUCTIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC797289 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-31
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£75k
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1.2m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£1
Current assets£1.19M
Cash£74.6k
Debtors£1.12M
Net assets£1

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-12-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-12-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Creative Scotland
  7. 2024-01-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN PRODUCTIONS LTD
  8. 2024-01-31
    PAGE, Daniel Christopher appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Christopher Page
Individual · British · DOB 06/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/01/2024

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
Incorporated2024-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

34 Freelands Road
Ratho
Newbridge
EH28 8NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PAGE, Daniel Christopher
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-01-31
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Creative Scotland
A registered charge06/12/2024
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-31