The Firmwatch take
Hostages Film Limited is a 4-year-old publishing and media, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 December 2025) show GBP 1 in net assets, with no distress signals detected. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Pulse · Net assets, 2025–2025
↗ £0Incorporated
17 January 2022
4 years on the register
Sector
Film, video, TV, music production
SIC 59111 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£1
Bottom 30% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Low insolvency risk
The latest public accounts do not show obvious balance-sheet stress. This does not rule out trading problems, but the filed numbers look comparatively steady.
Thin net asset buffer
The company reports a small visible net asset position.
Address pattern · EC2A 4DJ
558 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
525
Dissolved
14
Strike-off action
19
Sector benchmark · Publishing and Media
How this company compares in 60,894 filers in this sector
Bottom 30% in sector — Hostages Film Limited shows £1 in net assets. Sector median is £449.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£1
Bottom 30% in sector · sector median £449 · 60,894 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
£350k
Median £2k
Current ratio
115×
Median 1.2×
Signals · 1
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
People
Who runs this company
- GB
GALLOP, Benjamin James
director · since 2022
Registered office
Address intelligence
558 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
Firmwatch turns UK Companies House filings into plain-English company intelligence. Data is refreshed daily; signals are generated from public balance-sheet and filing patterns.