PHOENIX FILM PARTNERS LLP

💤Zombieactive

OC339129 · llp · incorporated 2008-08-04

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

68/100

Strong

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 17.6y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

100 officers (75 active, 100 linked, 97 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

702 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

68/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05
Average employees	0

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 9 officers
• 9 mortgage
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 10 officers
• 9 mortgage
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (171 events)Click to expand

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Charge satisfied #2
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AIRD, David Johnston resigned
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2025-08-15
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officers · LLTM01
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AHMED, Leona Shireen resigned
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BELL, Clive resigned
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ALI, Arshad resigned
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2025-04-29
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BREWSTER, George Pattullo resigned
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2025-04-28
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CALDWELL, Steven resigned
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2025-04-27
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BONNAR, Nicholas Kershaw resigned
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BROWN, Andrew Walter resigned
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BUTLER, Timothy John resigned
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BARMBY, Nicholas Jon resigned
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BLAIR, Neil Lyndon Marc resigned
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BODE, Kirsten Hanna Katharina resigned
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BURKE, Christopher Stephen resigned
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CAIGER, Angela Grace resigned
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CAMERON, Ian Winton resigned
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BLACKBURN, Cathleen resigned
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Showing most recent 50 of 171 events

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 med ·

15 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: AHMED, Leona Shireen resigned 2025-07-22; AIRD, David Johnston resigned 2025-08-15; ALI, Arshad resigned 2025-05-06

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Phoenix Film Partners Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Phoenix Film Partners Limited

Corporate parent

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PHOENIX FILM PARTNERS LLP

This company · OC339129

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Phoenix Film Partners Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	16/02/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typellp

Incorporated2008-08-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC—

Registered office

Myo Piccadilly

1 Sherwood Street

London

W1F 7BL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13