PASSION PICTURES LIMITED

Company 02177709 • Liquidation Liquidator appointed • Private limited company
Company age
38 years

Company overview

Incorporation date
13 October 1987
Company type
Private limited company
Jurisdiction
England/Wales
Can file
Yes

Insolvency notices

  1. 1 September 2026

    Resolutions for Winding-up

    Read the notice →
  2. 1 September 2026

    Appointment of Liquidators

    Read the notice →

Contains data from The Gazette, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

What the records show

PASSION PICTURES LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated on 13 October 1987, with its registered office in Reading. Companies House lists its business as television programme production activities. Its most recent accounts were made up to 31 March 2025.

On 1 September 2026 The Gazette published a notice headed “Resolutions for Winding-up”. On 1 September 2026 The Gazette published a notice headed “Appointment of Liquidators”.

In the 12 months before its first insolvency notice, Companies House recorded accounts filed on 22 December 2025. It has 2 outstanding charges, held by Barclays Bank PLC. It has 2 serving directors.

A liquidator sells the company's assets and uses the money to pay creditors, settles outstanding contracts, reports on what went wrong in the business, and finally has the company removed from the register. Source

Drawn only from the company's Gazette notices and its Companies House record. It records what was filed and published, not why.

Registered office address

Unit 8, The Aquarium Building, King Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2AN

Industry classification (SIC codes)

59113

Previous company names

CROSSFLEET LIMITED

13 October 1987 - 12 November 1987

Officers & directors (10)

STANNETT, Robert William

Secretary

Appointed: 24 May 2015

Active

RUHEMANN, Andrew Rainer

Director

Appointed: 12 October 1992

Active

STANNETT, Robert William

Director

Appointed: 13 July 2015

Active

BYRNE, Sophie Anna

Secretary

Appointed: 25 April 1997 • Resigned: 4 October 1999

HOBBS, Raymond Dennis

Secretary

Appointed: 4 October 1999 • Resigned: 24 February 2015

HOBBS, Raymond Dennis

Secretary

Appointed: N/A • Resigned: 25 April 1997

DEWHURST, Alan

Director

Appointed: N/A • Resigned: 4 September 1998

HOBBS, Raymond Dennis

Director

Appointed: 14 August 2013 • Resigned: 24 February 2015

HOBBS, Raymond Dennis

Director

Appointed: 24 July 1995 • Resigned: 25 April 1997

REES, Sian Ellen

Director

Appointed: 1 May 2003 • Resigned: 19 September 2003

Recent filing history (126)

16 September 2026

Registered office address changed from 3rd Floor 33-34 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JN to Unit 8, the Aquarium Building King Street Reading Berkshire RG1 2AN on 16 September 2026

Address • Form AD01

7 September 2026

Appointment of a voluntary liquidator

Insolvency • Form 600

7 September 2026

Resolutions

Resolution • Form RESOLUTIONS

14 May 2026

Cessation of Passion Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 12 May 2026

Persons with significant control • Form PSC07

14 May 2026

Cessation of Andrew Rainer Ruhemann as a person with significant control on 12 May 2026

Persons with significant control • Form PSC07

14 May 2026

Notification of Passion Studios Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 12 May 2026

Persons with significant control • Form PSC02

22 December 2025

Full accounts made up to 31 March 2025

Accounts • Form AA

4 November 2025

Confirmation statement made on 13 October 2025 with no updates

Confirmation statement • Form CS01

10 January 2025

Amended full accounts made up to 31 March 2024

Accounts • Form AAMD

23 December 2024

Full accounts made up to 31 March 2024

Accounts • Form AA

7 November 2024

Confirmation statement made on 13 October 2024 with no updates

Confirmation statement • Form CS01

21 December 2023

Full accounts made up to 31 March 2023

Accounts • Form AA

17 October 2023

Confirmation statement made on 13 October 2023 with no updates

Confirmation statement • Form CS01

29 March 2023

Full accounts made up to 31 March 2022

Accounts • Form AA

20 October 2022

Confirmation statement made on 13 October 2022 with no updates

Confirmation statement • Form CS01

Persons with significant control (3)

Passion Studios Holdings Limited

Corporate entity

Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more Right to appoint or remove directors

Notified: 12 May 2026

Passion Holdings Limited

Corporate entity

Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more

Notified: 25 September 2017

Mr Andrew Rainer Ruhemann

Individual

Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more

Notified: 1 October 2016

Charges & mortgages (5)

A registered charge

Barclays Bank PLC

Created: 9 July 2020 • Delivered: 20 July 2020

Fully satisfied

A registered charge

Barclays Bank PLC

Created: 9 July 2020 • Delivered: 14 July 2020

Outstanding

Debenture

Alan Dewhurst

Created: 4 September 1998 • Delivered: 17 September 1998

Fully satisfied

Debenture

Barclays Bank PLC

Created: 15 March 1989 • Delivered: 23 March 1989

Outstanding

Legal charge

Barclays Bank PLC

Created: 13 July 1988 • Delivered: 22 July 1988

Fully satisfied

Insolvency history

Creditors voluntary liquidation

Commencement of winding up: 25 August 2026

Practitioners:

David Ronald Taylor - The Aquarium Building, 1-7 King Street

Robert Christopher Keyes - Unit 8 The Aquarium Building King Street

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Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 31 December 2026

Confirmation statement

Next due: 27 October 2026

Additional information

Has charges No
Super secure PSCs No