In the old laundry room expert seamstresses sewing clothes are fine for production this fall of Anne Boleyn at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In the study of Keira Knightley is rehearsing for the big screen director Joe Wright's adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. In the basement of the Grade II-listed barn opposite the Thames, a volunteer archivist pores of a unique collection of reference images of the 19th century, photographs and magazine clippings. Up, crushed in a maze of rooms, is an unparalleled collection of costumes used in films like Little Dorrit, A Passage to India, Pride and Prejudice and Queen Victoria.
However, this antique shop in the UK film industry is threatened with destruction by owners interested in the grass outside Sands Films and redevelop, maybe in another Tesco express, perhaps topped with more stories luxury at the river that now dominate this stretch of the River Thames.
But a counterattack is accelerating, with the charismatic director of studies going on to a very modern piece of financial capability – the Enterprise Investment Plan. Olivier Stockman grew up in Paris and describes François Truffaut, French film dean of the New Wave as his "second father." He came to London in the late 1970 and joined the fledgling film company on their studies in Rotherhithe, renting a flat clay semi-abandoned building in the middle of a virtual prohibited zone of abandoned warehouses facing the sea.
In the following decades the building changed hands several times, Stockman spend at least seven or eight owners. But Rotherhithe transformed into a desirable residential, driven by the early arrival of creative workers as much as anything else, the landowners began to increase the rent. In 1998 was £ 75,000 a year, but this year will reach £ 250,000.
"Business is booming, but how well we do, can not keep sinking more money in rent -. We will have nothing," said Stockman. Yes, Sands could move into a newly built shed off a ring road, but lost their spirit and possibly the human capital that keeps him alive. Instead, Stockman has reached an agreement to buy the building – the owner is happy because the price is a bit above market value – but it means you have to find 2.8 million pounds.
"The only way forward is for the movies Sands purchase the building. For this (and do it faster than Starbucks or Tesco Express Sands Films has launched a Plan Investment Company share offering," said Stockman.
He has already convinced Vanessa Redgrave and org / wiki / Miriam_Margolyes "title =" "> Miriam Margolyes to invest, and hopes Knightley too. But what the EIA Sands offer almost unique is the way it is opening to investors of all shapes and sizes even those with only a few hundred pounds.
The tax on capital gains and inheritance tax reliefs and "bring back" the provisions of EIA (see the complete guide then probably meaningless for small investors, but the purchase of shares in the EIS Sands do indeed get a few bricks and beams and, above all, an annual dividend on their investment each year, Stockman says it should be around 10%. That compares very attractive to savers earn 3.2% more of their accounts building society.
This Saturday (July 30 16:00 Stockman will host an open house and visits to the studios for those interested in investing to ask questions. After all, once they become shareholders of investing in Sands and become his boss.
"We had a lot of interest from small investors, directors, actors and set designers, but also local people and the fans. I'm accepting UK investments "> investment you can become a shareholder of 500 pounds. I do not want to turn anyone away," he says.
But when Guardian Money asked financial advisers to EIS in a risk scale of one to ten, where one is perhaps an ultra-safe deposit bonus national saving, DIA scored nine or ten. EIA is a popular fundraising vehicle for producers of low budget films in the UK – but many spectacular failure, and investors may lose all your money.
Stockman acknowledged the risks, but Sands says the EIS is not to wager everything on the blockbuster or failure of a movie: "We are ready to service the film industry, and that's much less risky than actually Investing film making into a movie. is certainly risky.
"But would you say that investment in, for example, a camera rental company was the same kind of risk? Maybe your best guarantee is that the money will be used to purchase the property, and is not as if we can run with it! "Most earnings Sands' comes to costumes and rent, and Stockman boasts a major new order from La Scala in Milan. This is a success story of British exports too, says.
Perhaps Stockman is romantic about the business of study is so clearly seen and the building where the flowers. But what would a costume drama without romance?
How to invest
The Sands Films website has details of the offer of EIS and open days for investors. The minimum investment is £ 500, up to 500,000 pounds. The EIS is open for subscription until the end of September. Share Films Sands offer document is available in Olivier Stockman in the study at 82 St. Marychurch Street, London SE16 4HZ or call 7231 020 2209.
How work plans
What is an enterprise investment scheme? A scheme approved by the government to encourage investors to put money into small businesses and start-ups in exchange for a series of tax exemptions.
What are the tax advantages? Gifts are the most generous available to the customs revenue, with investors receiving tax breaks on income, capital gains tax (CGT and inheritance tax (IHT. The juiciest is the income of 30% tax relief on investments up to $ 500,000 this year and £ 1 million from next year, provided that the investment is held for three years.
So if you invest, for example, 10,000 pounds, earning a tax refund from HMRC of £ 3,000 in the fiscal year for investment. In addition, the investor can choose to "carry back" up to $ 500,000 from the EIS investment for the previous fiscal year. This means the income tax already paid can be recovered. Investors can also defer a capital gain in the EIS (no matter where they made the increase which means you can keep deferring payment until the CGT EIS investment is sold. After two years, the investment is outside IHT regime and can be transmitted to the descendants of all tax-free.
Is it for the movie industry alone? No, EIS began in 1993, which have been used by over 16,600 small businesses raise more than £ 7.5bn. The range is huge – EIS offers currently offered include solar energy, the technology of brewing, the cloud data storage, applications for smartphones, music recording artists, business of Hampshire farm and vineyard in the hope of producing champagne-style sparkling English wines.
Are they only for taxpayers in higher interest rate? No, but it helps. Most plans have a minimum investment of between £ 3,000 to £ 10,000, although some specified £ 50,000. The Sands scheme is unusual in accepting investments of a few hundred pounds upwards.
Is my money locked up? Lot. The EIS is intended to help businesses become established. Are actually buying shares of an unlisted company, which means you can not go to a stockbroker and choose to sell at any time. It is best to think of investment, with a minimum five-year time horizon, or even more.
Are they risky? Can be. There is a high probability of the company is investing in an error, so its investment value. If the EIA, for example, for an individual film, and fails at the box office will not see the refund. Scheme promoters to try to eliminate the risk by spreading investments across different start-ups or more established companies to buy, but the risk is always present. For example, a major EIS manager, forecasting, sent a note to investors in June this year, saying: "Sorry, the net asset value of shares has fallen by 67 %…" which he attributed to poor performance by the former director.
How I can choose right from wrong? There are a number of financial advisors specializing in this field, including uk / "title =" "> Allenbridge Group and efficient tax review .
Make the commitment of the promoters of the charges of the committee? You should check the intermediate court. In some programs this is 2% of your investment, others can be a huge 10% and annual "renewal" of the Commission over the top. Then there is the cost of operating the company, which will reduce their investments.
I would like to offer an EIS in my business. How I can do? Search the investment firm Partnership Plan, which org.uk / "title =" "> website has a guide for companies seeking investment. HMRC also has information on hmrc.gov.uk / eis / . Only companies with fewer than 50 employees and less than 7 million pounds in assets can raise funds through an EIA, but in 2012 amounted to 250 employees and 15 million pounds in assets.
Does the taxpayer receives a good deal of these gifts to the rich? Chancellor thinks so. In the budget this year, improved tax incentives and said: "The lack of initial capital has been a longstanding problem in the UK economy. Too often we have big ideas in Britain, but other countries who exploit them. "The Treasury is tightening the definition of companies that qualify for the EIS effective because it wants to make sure the money goes into a real venture capital investments.
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