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Stanley A Man Of Variety.
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STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 3
Contents
4 Synopsis
5 Director Vision
6 Cast
7 Director
8 Director of Photograhy | Asst. Director
9 Co. Producer | Production Company
11 Executive Producers |
|12 Enterprise Investment Scheme
STANLEY, MAN OF
VARIETY
4 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY
S
tephen Cookson had
been writing the script for
Stanley, a Man of Variety
with Timothy Spall for ten months
and in that time it has gone through
many variations. As the story and
characters developed it became
apparent that the original idea of
a man stuck in prison wanting to
escape wasn’t particularly
original and didn’t
offer Tim much of an
acting challenge.
That’s when
they started to
research the
Ealing Comedies
and in particular
Alec Guinness in Kind
Hearts and Coronets. This
gave Stephen and Tim
the idea that perhaps
one actor could play
more than one role
and indeed populate the
entire film with entertaining
figures from the leading
character’s imagination.
That was the starting point
to where the film ended up.
Stanley was such a fan of
vintagecomedyfilmsitseemed
possible that he actually
became all of his film star idols.
These visions in turn would try
to help Stanley face why he’s in
prison and what he can do to
change his life and become a
better person.
The style for the film needed to
be straight forward without any
tricks or unnecessary editing or
special effects. Whilst there are
some VFX, particularly when Tim
is playing multiple roles, comedy
is always filmed in a wide shot
so that the audience can watch
everybody’s performance and
thus it should be more entertaining
to watch.
Director’s
Vision
STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 5
S
tanley, a Man of Variety
Is about a middle
aged man who enjoys
watching classic British films and TV
shows from the 1960/70’s.
He soon finds himself in prison for
a crime that he believes that he didn’t
commit and after many years in solitary
confinement he begins to talk to his comedy
heroes from the past as each one tries to help
him remember what he’s done.
In this hilarious and sometimes moving comedy we
follow Stanley through his journey of hallucinations as
he faces up to his unusual upbringing and his parents
bizarre religious beliefs.
Stanley becomes desperate to learn the truth about
what happened to his daughter and what lead to
having this ordinary life he has already dreamed of.
Award winning actor Timothy Spall plays all the
characters in Stanley’s hallucinations; from the
flamboyant Noel Coward to the grotesque Max
Wall to the ukulele King George Formby to Egor in a
Transylvanian castle.
Eventually Stanley flies on a coffin through the
clouds making his escape from prison with stand-
up comedian Max Miller for company. He then finds
himself in a courtroom facing the magistrate played
by eccentric Margaret Rutherford. It’s down to her
to decide Stanley’s fate and either send him back
to the place where he was born or back to a life
in prison.
Synopsis
6 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY
T
imothy Spall is an English character
actor and occasional presenter. He
began his career in theatre portraying
title roles in Macbeth and Othello. In the early
80’s he moved into TV roles with Mike Leigh’s
“Home Sweet Home” and later had his own
drama series Frank Stubbs Promotes in 1993.
In his early career, Spall appeared in a number
of award-winning features, particularly Life Is
Sweet (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996), for which
he earned a BAFTA Award Nomination, and the
Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy (1999).
Spall has worked with a number of noted
directors throughout his career, including:
Ken Russell in Gothic (1986), Clint Eastwood
in White Hunter Black Heart (1990),
Bernardo Bertolucci in The Sheltering Sky
(1990), and Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet
(1996) as Rosenkrantz.
In 2005, Spall played the starring role of
Albert Pierrepoint in the film Pierrepoint,
which was released as The Last Hangman
in the United States. Moving on from this,
Spall voiced Phil Collins’ manager, Barry
Mickelthwaite in the 2006 video game
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
In 2007, he starred as Nathaniel in
Disney’s Enchanted and Beadle Bamford in
Tim Burton’s production of Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Some of Spall’s more recent and high-
profile roles include Peter Pettigrew in
the Harry Potter film series; Winston
Churchill in The King’s Speech (2010),
for which as a member of the ensemble he
was jointly awarded the Screen Actors Guild
Award for Outstanding Performance by a
Cast in a Motion Picture. Spall reprised the
role at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing
ceremony; Peter Taylor in The Damned
United (2009); Beadle Bamford in Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007) and his own documentary Timothy
Spall: Back at Sea (2010–2012).
On 24 May 2014 he won the Best Actor
award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
for
his lead role in Mike Leigh’s British
biographical drama, Mr. Turner. Spall also recently won Best
Actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Mr.
Turner and Best Actor for his role in My Angel at the Monaco
International Film Festival.
Timothy Spall
Cast
STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 7
S
tephen Cookson since
making short films with
some of the Monty Python
crew, his vivid imagination
caught the attention of Robert
Zemeckis and Michael Jackson’s
production company in the late
90’s, where he was given his first
development deals.
He went on to work at the Cannes
Film Festival and discovered that
during his first year he would be
a runner for David Lean, who
became his mentor. Cookson
acted alongside Jason Connery in
Journey’s End and found himself
that same year working as an extra
on The Russia House with Sean
Connery. He took as much extra
work
as he could, working on large
scale, studio movies filming in the
UK and spoke with top directors
including Brian De Palma, Jerry
Zucker, Kevin Costner and
Kenneth Branagh.
He started his directing and
producing career by doing many
short films and commercials. One
of the first projects was for an
aspiring singercalled RickyGervais.
Fate led him to meet his neighbour;
Academy Award winning producer
John Daly (The Last Emperor,
Platoon, and Terminator) who
helped him raise the finance for his
first movie Stoneman. He went on
to direct Mumbo Jumbo (starring
Joss Ackland, and Brian Blessed)
distributed by Warner Bros.
Stephen’s first film with Timothy
Spall - My Angel, was the first
British production to win Best Film,
Best Director and Best Screenplay,
plus Best Actor (Timothy Spall)
and Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn)
at the glitzy French film festival,
Monaco International Film Festival
in 2014.
He went on to direct the first
original musical since Alan
Parker’s hugely successful Bugsy
Malone to star a cast of entirely
children playing adults. The songs
for Journey To The Moon were
composed by Monty Python
collaberators Andre Jacquemin &
Dave Howman. Paul Ross along
with Philip Schofield helped with
publicising the auditions which
ended up taking eight months with
over 8,000 children auditioning
across the UK.
He is currently writing a comedy
with Timothy Spall called ‘Skid
Marks and Glamour’ which focuses
on what happens to actors when
they reach the end of their career.
Stephen’s next project is the
official sequel to David Lean’s
Ryan’s Daughter, written by Oscar
winner Robert Bolt (Dr Zhivago
and Laurence of Arabia) which he
is developing with Sarah Miles.
Director
Stephen Cookson
8 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY
Ismael Issa
I
smael Issa is a Spanish cinematographer and is know for his fast
and imaginative cinematography. He has passion, commitment
and a natural ability for storytelling. He has come from a
background in commercials and has worked for some of the biggest
companies in world on some of the largest productions and also some
of the smallest budgets in the most remote locations.
He is used to working quickly and economically but will always deliver
shots that tell the story. Having completed three feature films in
2015 Ismael has been busy; Co-Producer of Martha Pinson’s feature
film“Tomorrow”, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, We Still Kill
The Old Way (Ian Ogilvy, Alison Doody, Steven Berkoff), Age Of Kill
(Dexter Fletcher, Patrick Bergin, Martin Kemp), Bonded By Blood
(Christopher Ellison, Martin Delaney).
His other work includes The Zombie King (Edward Furlong, Corey
Feldman) and Deranged (Craig Fairbrass, Marcia Do Vales).
Director Of
Photography
Co-Producer
Peter Keegan
P
eter Keegan with a successful track record in a number of
property and construction ventures over the past twenty
years, Peter has utilised his skills as a chartered surveyor,
in financial control and contracts in making his transition into film
production.
Peter has worked on two films with Stephen Cookson –
Journey
to the Moon where he was involved in the initial
setup, castings,
finance and shooting at Shepperton
Studios and on location in
Coventry; and in the multi
award winning MyAngel with Timothy
Spall and Brenda
Blethyn, Peter raised all the project finance and
had a day to day involvement, overseeing the production office
with responsibility for budgetary control; overseeing actors /
crew contracts.
Peter operates as Chief Financial Officer for the company
including liaising with professional consultants and generally
handling the business side of the operation allowing Steve to
devote his energy to the creative elements. Peter also oversees
script development.
STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 9
VFX Production
Melancholy Star
T
he company is the vision
of director/VFX artist
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
& designer Elizabeth E. Schuch: a
creativestudioprovidingtopquality
VFX, uniquely styled art services,
and producing highly visual films -
always with an intense passion for
aesthetic quality.
The beautiful, the fantastical, and
the eccentric are always in the
forefront of our imaginations, and
we foster a creative environment
that thrives on collaboration.
Officially founding the company in
2011, the dynamic duo have been
working together since 2004, on
projects spanning commercials,
titles, 2D-3D shadow play
backgrounds for films, live circus
design, music videos, theatre
projection, scripts, and other
adventures. Both trained in CGI at
the Glasgow School of Art, Kostas
comes from a traditional arts
background, and Elizabeth from
theatre design.
Using our network of brilliant
freelance animators and associates
in music, circus, and theatre, we
can provide powerful artistic
backing to Film & VFX projects.
Kostas’ Greek heritage has
given company a vested interest
in the stories and cinema of
Europe, growing stronger with
our first Greek feature film
production underway.
A newly emergent boutique VFX, Art & Film Studio, based in London
L
ipSync Post celebrated
its 30th anniversary
in 2014 and has
invested in more than 50
feature films.
It started out from an office in
Barnes doing shortform, such as
founder Peter Hampden’s work
on the trailer campaigns for Basic
Instinct. The company moved to
Soho in 1998, taking over 123
Wardour Street in 2000. In 2002,
it became one of the first post
houses in the UK to work on digital
intermediates, which has become
one of its areas of expertise (James
LipSync Post
Post Production
Clarke serves as head of DI and
Stuart Fyvie as senior colourist).
‘Part of our job is managing
expectations and getting post
done on time and on budget’
Recent projects for post-
production services include
Cannes trio Mr. Turner, Catch
Me Daddy and Snow In Paradise.
Forthcoming releases include A
Little Chaos,What We Did On Our
Holiday, Hyena and more. There
are also bigger productions ― the
company did VFX work onKick-Ass
and Total Recall.
LIPSYNC has been providing a complete range of post production
services to the film and television industry for nearly 25 years.
10 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY
Executive Producers
R
ed Rock Entertainment is
a film finance company,
based at the world famous
Elstree Studios in Borehamwood,
home to some of the biggest TV
shows on British television and
the studio of choice for many
successful British films.
Working in conjunction with
a number of UK production
companiestoraiseequityforfilm,TV
programmes and film distribution,
Red Rock Entertainment offer a
number of tax efficient investment
opportunities.
Red Rock Entertainment primarily
works on projects which are at an
advanced stage and are looking for
the final amount of financing.
Their sole focus is on film
and TV projects that have a
commercial appeal, an identifiable
audience, moderately low and
controllable costs and a sound
financial structure.
As executive producers, Red Rock
Entertainment can arrange for
investors to visit the sets during
filming, appear as extras, and
attend private screenings.
They also arrange film investment
seminars at Elstree Studios with
guest speakers from the different
film companies, along with
qualified accountants to discuss
the various tax advantages of
investing in the film industry.
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Scheme
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The company seeking investment must be based in the UK, and have
a permanent establishment in the British Isles.
The company must have fewer than 25 employees. If the company
is the parent company of a group, that figure applies to the
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The company must be no more than two years old, and have assets
of less than £200,000.
50% Tax Relief for current or previous Tax Year (from date of
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50% Capital Gains write off from current Tax Year No Inheritance Tax
after 2 years.
No Income Tax or Capital Gains on any Profits.
Loss Relief on any monies lost at your current tax rate.
Monies must remain in the company for 3 years to benefit from
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Nowthe Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme has
become one of the most revered government-
backed schemes ever created.
The Seed Enterprise Investment
Scheme (SEIS) offers great tax
efficient benefits to investors
in return for investment in
small and early stage start-up
businesses in the UK.
SEIS was designed to boost
economic growth in the UK by
promoting new enterprise and
entrepreneurship.
The scheme was introduced in
theChancellorGeorgeOsborne’s
2011 Autumn Statement which
heralded a big shake up of tax
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Enterprise Investment Schemes
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Stanley A Man Of Variety.

  • 2. DISCLAIMER: Red Rock Entertainment Ltd is not authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The content of this promotion is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). Reliance on the promotion for the purpose of engaging in any investment activity may expose an individual to a significant risk of losing all of the investment. UK residents wishing to participate in this promotion must fall into the category of sophisticated investor or high net worth individual as outlined by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
  • 3. STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 3 Contents 4 Synopsis 5 Director Vision 6 Cast 7 Director 8 Director of Photograhy | Asst. Director 9 Co. Producer | Production Company 11 Executive Producers | |12 Enterprise Investment Scheme STANLEY, MAN OF VARIETY
  • 4. 4 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY S tephen Cookson had been writing the script for Stanley, a Man of Variety with Timothy Spall for ten months and in that time it has gone through many variations. As the story and characters developed it became apparent that the original idea of a man stuck in prison wanting to escape wasn’t particularly original and didn’t offer Tim much of an acting challenge. That’s when they started to research the Ealing Comedies and in particular Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets. This gave Stephen and Tim the idea that perhaps one actor could play more than one role and indeed populate the entire film with entertaining figures from the leading character’s imagination. That was the starting point to where the film ended up. Stanley was such a fan of vintagecomedyfilmsitseemed possible that he actually became all of his film star idols. These visions in turn would try to help Stanley face why he’s in prison and what he can do to change his life and become a better person. The style for the film needed to be straight forward without any tricks or unnecessary editing or special effects. Whilst there are some VFX, particularly when Tim is playing multiple roles, comedy is always filmed in a wide shot so that the audience can watch everybody’s performance and thus it should be more entertaining to watch. Director’s Vision
  • 5. STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 5 S tanley, a Man of Variety Is about a middle aged man who enjoys watching classic British films and TV shows from the 1960/70’s. He soon finds himself in prison for a crime that he believes that he didn’t commit and after many years in solitary confinement he begins to talk to his comedy heroes from the past as each one tries to help him remember what he’s done. In this hilarious and sometimes moving comedy we follow Stanley through his journey of hallucinations as he faces up to his unusual upbringing and his parents bizarre religious beliefs. Stanley becomes desperate to learn the truth about what happened to his daughter and what lead to having this ordinary life he has already dreamed of. Award winning actor Timothy Spall plays all the characters in Stanley’s hallucinations; from the flamboyant Noel Coward to the grotesque Max Wall to the ukulele King George Formby to Egor in a Transylvanian castle. Eventually Stanley flies on a coffin through the clouds making his escape from prison with stand- up comedian Max Miller for company. He then finds himself in a courtroom facing the magistrate played by eccentric Margaret Rutherford. It’s down to her to decide Stanley’s fate and either send him back to the place where he was born or back to a life in prison. Synopsis
  • 6. 6 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY T imothy Spall is an English character actor and occasional presenter. He began his career in theatre portraying title roles in Macbeth and Othello. In the early 80’s he moved into TV roles with Mike Leigh’s “Home Sweet Home” and later had his own drama series Frank Stubbs Promotes in 1993. In his early career, Spall appeared in a number of award-winning features, particularly Life Is Sweet (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he earned a BAFTA Award Nomination, and the Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy (1999). Spall has worked with a number of noted directors throughout his career, including: Ken Russell in Gothic (1986), Clint Eastwood in White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Bernardo Bertolucci in The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet (1996) as Rosenkrantz. In 2005, Spall played the starring role of Albert Pierrepoint in the film Pierrepoint, which was released as The Last Hangman in the United States. Moving on from this, Spall voiced Phil Collins’ manager, Barry Mickelthwaite in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. In 2007, he starred as Nathaniel in Disney’s Enchanted and Beadle Bamford in Tim Burton’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Some of Spall’s more recent and high- profile roles include Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series; Winston Churchill in The King’s Speech (2010), for which as a member of the ensemble he was jointly awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Spall reprised the role at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony; Peter Taylor in The Damned United (2009); Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and his own documentary Timothy Spall: Back at Sea (2010–2012). On 24 May 2014 he won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for
his lead role in Mike Leigh’s British biographical drama, Mr. Turner. Spall also recently won Best Actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Mr. Turner and Best Actor for his role in My Angel at the Monaco International Film Festival. Timothy Spall Cast
  • 7. STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 7 S tephen Cookson since making short films with some of the Monty Python crew, his vivid imagination caught the attention of Robert Zemeckis and Michael Jackson’s production company in the late 90’s, where he was given his first development deals. He went on to work at the Cannes Film Festival and discovered that during his first year he would be a runner for David Lean, who became his mentor. Cookson acted alongside Jason Connery in Journey’s End and found himself that same year working as an extra on The Russia House with Sean Connery. He took as much extra work
as he could, working on large scale, studio movies filming in the UK and spoke with top directors including Brian De Palma, Jerry Zucker, Kevin Costner and Kenneth Branagh. He started his directing and producing career by doing many short films and commercials. One of the first projects was for an aspiring singercalled RickyGervais. Fate led him to meet his neighbour; Academy Award winning producer John Daly (The Last Emperor, Platoon, and Terminator) who helped him raise the finance for his first movie Stoneman. He went on to direct Mumbo Jumbo (starring Joss Ackland, and Brian Blessed) distributed by Warner Bros. Stephen’s first film with Timothy Spall - My Angel, was the first British production to win Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, plus Best Actor (Timothy Spall) and Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn) at the glitzy French film festival, Monaco International Film Festival in 2014. He went on to direct the first original musical since Alan Parker’s hugely successful Bugsy Malone to star a cast of entirely children playing adults. The songs for Journey To The Moon were composed by Monty Python collaberators Andre Jacquemin & Dave Howman. Paul Ross along with Philip Schofield helped with publicising the auditions which ended up taking eight months with over 8,000 children auditioning across the UK. He is currently writing a comedy with Timothy Spall called ‘Skid Marks and Glamour’ which focuses on what happens to actors when they reach the end of their career. Stephen’s next project is the official sequel to David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter, written by Oscar winner Robert Bolt (Dr Zhivago and Laurence of Arabia) which he is developing with Sarah Miles. Director Stephen Cookson
  • 8. 8 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY Ismael Issa I smael Issa is a Spanish cinematographer and is know for his fast and imaginative cinematography. He has passion, commitment and a natural ability for storytelling. He has come from a background in commercials and has worked for some of the biggest companies in world on some of the largest productions and also some of the smallest budgets in the most remote locations. He is used to working quickly and economically but will always deliver shots that tell the story. Having completed three feature films in 2015 Ismael has been busy; Co-Producer of Martha Pinson’s feature film“Tomorrow”, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, We Still Kill The Old Way (Ian Ogilvy, Alison Doody, Steven Berkoff), Age Of Kill (Dexter Fletcher, Patrick Bergin, Martin Kemp), Bonded By Blood (Christopher Ellison, Martin Delaney). His other work includes The Zombie King (Edward Furlong, Corey Feldman) and Deranged (Craig Fairbrass, Marcia Do Vales). Director Of Photography Co-Producer Peter Keegan P eter Keegan with a successful track record in a number of property and construction ventures over the past twenty years, Peter has utilised his skills as a chartered surveyor, in financial control and contracts in making his transition into film production. Peter has worked on two films with Stephen Cookson –
Journey to the Moon where he was involved in the initial
setup, castings, finance and shooting at Shepperton
Studios and on location in Coventry; and in the multi
award winning MyAngel with Timothy Spall and Brenda
Blethyn, Peter raised all the project finance and had a day to day involvement, overseeing the production office with responsibility for budgetary control; overseeing actors / crew contracts. Peter operates as Chief Financial Officer for the company including liaising with professional consultants and generally handling the business side of the operation allowing Steve to devote his energy to the creative elements. Peter also oversees script development.
  • 9. STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 9 VFX Production Melancholy Star T he company is the vision of director/VFX artist Konstantinos Koutsoliotas & designer Elizabeth E. Schuch: a creativestudioprovidingtopquality VFX, uniquely styled art services, and producing highly visual films - always with an intense passion for aesthetic quality. The beautiful, the fantastical, and the eccentric are always in the forefront of our imaginations, and we foster a creative environment that thrives on collaboration. Officially founding the company in 2011, the dynamic duo have been working together since 2004, on projects spanning commercials, titles, 2D-3D shadow play backgrounds for films, live circus design, music videos, theatre projection, scripts, and other adventures. Both trained in CGI at the Glasgow School of Art, Kostas comes from a traditional arts background, and Elizabeth from theatre design. Using our network of brilliant freelance animators and associates in music, circus, and theatre, we can provide powerful artistic backing to Film & VFX projects. Kostas’ Greek heritage has given company a vested interest in the stories and cinema of Europe, growing stronger with our first Greek feature film production underway. A newly emergent boutique VFX, Art & Film Studio, based in London L ipSync Post celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014 and has invested in more than 50 feature films. It started out from an office in Barnes doing shortform, such as founder Peter Hampden’s work on the trailer campaigns for Basic Instinct. The company moved to Soho in 1998, taking over 123 Wardour Street in 2000. In 2002, it became one of the first post houses in the UK to work on digital intermediates, which has become one of its areas of expertise (James LipSync Post Post Production Clarke serves as head of DI and Stuart Fyvie as senior colourist). ‘Part of our job is managing expectations and getting post done on time and on budget’ Recent projects for post- production services include Cannes trio Mr. Turner, Catch Me Daddy and Snow In Paradise. Forthcoming releases include A Little Chaos,What We Did On Our Holiday, Hyena and more. There are also bigger productions ― the company did VFX work onKick-Ass and Total Recall. LIPSYNC has been providing a complete range of post production services to the film and television industry for nearly 25 years.
  • 10. 10 STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY Executive Producers R ed Rock Entertainment is a film finance company, based at the world famous Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, home to some of the biggest TV shows on British television and the studio of choice for many successful British films. Working in conjunction with a number of UK production companiestoraiseequityforfilm,TV programmes and film distribution, Red Rock Entertainment offer a number of tax efficient investment opportunities. Red Rock Entertainment primarily works on projects which are at an advanced stage and are looking for the final amount of financing. Their sole focus is on film and TV projects that have a commercial appeal, an identifiable audience, moderately low and controllable costs and a sound financial structure. As executive producers, Red Rock Entertainment can arrange for investors to visit the sets during filming, appear as extras, and attend private screenings. They also arrange film investment seminars at Elstree Studios with guest speakers from the different film companies, along with qualified accountants to discuss the various tax advantages of investing in the film industry. Boats ‘N’ Bikes Page 1
  • 11. STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY 11 Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme SEIS investors can place a maximum of £100,000 in a single tax year, which can be spread over a number of companies. A company can raise no more than £150,000 in total via SEIS investment. Investors cannot control the company receiving their capital, and must not hold more than a 30% stake in the company in which they invest. The company seeking investment must be based in the UK, and have a permanent establishment in the British Isles. The company must have fewer than 25 employees. If the company is the parent company of a group, that figure applies to the whole group. The company must be no more than two years old, and have assets of less than £200,000. 50% Tax Relief for current or previous Tax Year (from date of Share Certificate). 50% Capital Gains write off from current Tax Year No Inheritance Tax after 2 years. No Income Tax or Capital Gains on any Profits. Loss Relief on any monies lost at your current tax rate. Monies must remain in the company for 3 years to benefit from the above. Nowthe Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme has become one of the most revered government- backed schemes ever created. The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) offers great tax efficient benefits to investors in return for investment in small and early stage start-up businesses in the UK. SEIS was designed to boost economic growth in the UK by promoting new enterprise and entrepreneurship. The scheme was introduced in theChancellorGeorgeOsborne’s 2011 Autumn Statement which heralded a big shake up of tax incentives for investors, with the Enterprise Investment Schemes and Venture Capital Trusts also being revamped. Investment Schemes Some of the most important points to consider are:
  • 12. Contact Us: Red Rock Entertainment Ltd, Suite 12 Elstree Studios | Shenley Rd. | Borehamwood | Hertfordshire WD6 1JG | United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)203 745 5380 info@redrockentertainment.com | www.redrockentertainment.com