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BFBS

Age80 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom22,002live companies · the oldest
In Gerrards Cross2,073live companies · 9 in the same activity
At this address1only this company
Latest accounts2025group accounts, made up to 31 Mar 2025

In brief

BFBS is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales on 29 March 1946. At 80 years old it is older than 99% of the 22,002 live companies whose main activity is video production activities. Its registered office is in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, South East. 9 live companies in Gerrards Cross share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 March 2025 and filed as group accounts. It was previously called The Services Sound and Vision Corporation, a name it changed on 23 July 2020.

Register details

Registered nameBFBS
Company number00407270
Company typePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Registered officeChalfont Grove, Narcot Lane, SL9 8TN Gerrards Cross
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)59112 Video production activities · 60100 Radio broadcasting · 60200 Television programming and broadcasting activities · 85422 Post-graduate level higher education
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)J · 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upGroup accounts
  • Name changedPreviously The Services Sound and Vision Corporation
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 March
Next confirmation statement11 November 2026
Last confirmation statement28 October 2025
Charges registered4
Outstanding · satisfied2 · 2

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Video production activities in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 59112: 22,002 in total, median age 4 years, 3,657 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 22,002 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
05,00010,00015,00020,0001940s: 111940s1950s: 111950s1970s: 661970s1980s: 60601980s1990s: 2292291990s2000s: 1,2011,2012000s2010s: 6,2366,2362010s2020s: 14,26814,2682020s
Incorporated per year, still live
01,0002,0003,0004,0002011: 36220112012: 4432013: 52020132014: 5882015: 70320152016: 6912017: 70020172018: 9132019: 1,08820192020: 1,1032021: 1,21520212022: 1,3852023: 1,84920232024: 2,2242025: 3,49420252026: 2,998

Location

Registered office in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, South East.

Gerrards Cross
Live companies in Gerrards Cross2,073
Same activity in Gerrards Cross9
Live companies in Buckinghamshire54,542
New in Gerrards Cross, past 12 months165

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.