Zig Zag television project
Your investment questions, answered.
A clear guide to the opportunity, contractual return, repayment process and the points to consider before investing.
Based on the investment agreement template dated 30 September 2026.
Contractual return
20% total return
Subject to sufficient qualifying project receipts.
Anticipated investment period
Approximately 18 months
Measured from payment. Repayment timing is not guaranteed.
Project scope
30 broadcast hours
Three ten-hour reversioned television programmes.
Investment structure
Contractual, non-equity
No shares or ownership rights.
Capital and returns are at risk. You could lose some or all of your investment.
Opportunity overview
What the project involves
The project involves editing and repackaging existing television material into new programmes for commercial broadcast and distribution.
Film TV Group is the introducing brand. Your investment agreement is directly with CSMP Zig Zag Content Limited, the project company.
- Investment counterparty
- CSMP Zig Zag Content Limited
- Company number
- 17467869
- Target raise
- £1 million
- Project
- Three ten-hour programmes, comprising 30 broadcast hours
Return example
How the 20% total return works
| Investment | 20% return | Total capital and return |
|---|---|---|
| £10,000 | £2,000 | £12,000 |
| £25,000 | £5,000 | £30,000 |
| £50,000 | £10,000 | £60,000 |
| £100,000 | £20,000 | £120,000 |
These figures illustrate the contractual entitlement before investor tax or legally required withholding. Payment depends on sufficient qualifying project receipts and is not guaranteed.
Important terms to understand
- The 20% return is total, not annual.
- Approximately 18 months is an anticipated period, not a guaranteed repayment deadline.
- The agreement does not specify a 24-month final maturity.
- The agreement does not provide additional monthly compensation after month 18.
- Repayment depends on Available Receipts.
- Investors do not receive shares or ownership rights.
- A separate project account is not an independent escrow arrangement or repayment guarantee.
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You are providing finance for three ten-hour reversioned television programmes, comprising 30 broadcast hours in total.
“Reversioning” means editing and repackaging existing television material into new programmes for commercial broadcast and distribution.
Your agreement is directly with CSMP Zig Zag Content Limited, an English company with company number 17467869.
The company is responsible for using your investment in accordance with the agreement, accounting for project receipts and making payments due to investors.
No. This is a contractual, non-equity investment. You receive the repayment rights set out in the agreement, but no shares, ownership, voting rights or interest in the underlying intellectual property.
The agreement provides for repayment of your original investment plus a 20% total return, subject to sufficient qualifying project receipts.
For example:
Investment 20% return Total capital and return £10,000 £2,000 £12,000 £25,000 £5,000 £30,000 £50,000 £10,000 £60,000 £100,000 £20,000 £120,000 These figures are before any investor tax or legally required withholding. They illustrate the contractual entitlement, rather than a guaranteed payment.
No. It is 20% of the original investment in total, rather than 20% per year. The agreement does not provide for annual interest payments or compounding.
The anticipated investment period is approximately 18 months from the date you pay your investment.
This is an estimate, not a guaranteed repayment date. Actual timing depends on the company receiving sufficient qualifying project receipts.
Your entitlement to repayment from qualifying receipts continues under the agreement.
However, the agreement does not set a 24-month final repayment deadline or provide additional interest or monthly compensation after month 18. A delay beyond 18 months does not, by itself, trigger a late-payment penalty.
Repayment comes from “Available Receipts”, meaning money actually received by the company from broadcasting, selling, licensing or distributing the programmes, after the permitted deductions.
Forecast sales or signed contracts do not count as receipts until the money is received.
Permitted deductions include third-party sales commissions, collection charges, taxes, refunds and other direct third-party costs of distributing and exploiting the programmes.
The company’s own overheads and intra-group charges cannot be deducted when calculating Available Receipts. Separately, investment funds can pay costs included in the approved production budget.
Not under this agreement.
Available Receipts expressly exclude ancillary income such as podcasts, sponsorships, product placements, YouTube or other online video channels, and live events.
Available Receipts are applied first to repay investor capital, then to pay investors’ 20% returns. Payments are shared among investors in proportion to their original investment amounts.
The company cannot distribute profits or revenue participation from Available Receipts to itself or other project participants until all investors’ capital and returns have been paid in full. Budgeted fees and costs can still be paid.
Not necessarily. Repayment may take place in instalments as receipts become available.
Your proportionate share must be paid within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter in which Available Receipts are received. There is no fixed quarterly income payment.
Yes. The agreement allows payments as qualifying receipts become available and requires the company to take reasonable steps to enable repayment as early as reasonably practicable.
The contractual return remains 20% of the original investment; the agreement does not reduce it for earlier repayment.
No. Both depend on the company receiving sufficient Available Receipts.
The agreement contains no personal guarantee from directors, shareholders, producers or advisers, unless a separate written guarantee is signed. You could lose some or all of your investment.
The agreement includes:
- A separate company project account and restrictions on mixing investment funds with other funds.
- Restrictions limiting how your money can be used.
- Priority for investor capital and returns over project profit distributions from Available Receipts.
- Quarterly management accounts and statements explaining payments and deductions.
- Rights to inspect relevant financial records.
- Notification requirements for material delays, overruns and other significant events.
- Obligations concerning production insurance and programme rights.
These are contractual safeguards. They do not eliminate commercial risk or guarantee repayment.
The agreement does not grant investors a charge over assets or appoint an independent escrow holder.
Money is paid into a designated account in the company’s name. Keeping that account separate is a contractual requirement, rather than a guarantee that funds are protected from every insolvency risk.
The company also undertakes not to create a charge over the programmes or Available Receipts that takes priority over your entitlement without your prior written consent.
Your investment may fund development, production, post-production, delivery and distribution of the specified programmes, together with associated professional and transaction costs included in the approved budget.
It cannot be used for another production or the general working capital of another company.
The company may amend the budget, but must notify you of material changes to its total or the purposes for which your investment is used.
You are not required to provide additional finance or cover an overspend unless you separately agree in writing.
A budget overrun exceeding 10% of the aggregate approved budget must be notified promptly, and within five business days.
If the company abandons the programmes, it must stop further uncommitted spending and return the unspent investment balance held in the project account, proportionately among investors.
After completion and delivery, any unspent investment balance must also be returned proportionately.
These payments count towards repayment of your capital. They do not guarantee recovery of money already spent.
You are entitled to written quarterly management accounts within 30 days after each calendar quarter ends, until your capital and return have been paid in full.
These must include a reconciliation of receipts and deductions. Each payment must also come with a statement showing receipts, deductions, your payment and the balance remaining due.
You can inspect records relevant to receipts and payments by giving at least five business days’ written notice, subject to confidentiality restrictions and redaction of unrelated information.
Yes. The company must notify you promptly, and within five business days, of material production delays, qualifying budget overruns, cancellation, insolvency, changes to key production personnel or other events reasonably likely to affect repayment.
The company must maintain or arrange appropriate production insurance and errors and omissions insurance, and provide reasonable evidence on request.
The agreement does not state that insurance guarantees repayment or covers poor sales, insufficient receipts or every commercial loss.
The agreement does not identify a named broadcaster, confirmed commission, distributor, minimum sales guarantee or signed sales contract.
It requires the company to hold, or obtain before production begins, the necessary rights and permissions. Investors can request reasonable evidence of those rights.
Any claims about confirmed buyers, sales or distribution arrangements should be supported by separate project documentation.
The agreement does not provide a general right to withdraw your money on demand or require the company to buy back your investment.
You may transfer your contractual rights with the company’s prior written consent, which must not be unreasonably withheld, and subject to the required checks. There is no guaranteed buyer or resale market.
The agreement defines defaults including misuse of funds, improper allocation of receipts, insolvency and certain other breaches.
Following default, investors may require the company to stop uncommitted expenditure, provide relevant records and take reasonable steps to preserve and collect receipts. Unspent investment funds in the project account must be returned proportionately.
These rights do not guarantee full recovery, particularly if money has already been spent or the company is insolvent.
The target raise is £1 million.
The agreement does not specify a minimum funding threshold, fundraising deadline or automatic refund if the full target is not reached. Investors should request clarification of how the project would proceed if fundraising falls short.
The template allows either an individual or a company to invest.
Before payment, the company requires information and documents for identity, source-of-funds, sanctions and anti-money-laundering checks. Your investment must be made directly into the project account identified in your completed agreement.
The template does not specify a minimum investment or a general offer deadline.
Your agreed investment amount and payment date will be recorded in your personalised Commercial Details Schedule.
The agreement does not confirm FCA authorisation, regulatory status, FSCS coverage or eligibility for EIS, SEIS or other tax relief.
You should obtain separate confirmation of these matters rather than assume any protection or tax benefit applies. Your personal tax position should be discussed with an independent adviser.
Review your completed agreement, the approved budget, project information, sales assumptions and supporting evidence for any claimed commissions or distribution arrangements.
Check that your investment amount, payment date, company bank details and contact details are completed. You should have the opportunity to ask questions and obtain independent legal, financial and tax advice before committing.
The signed agreement supersedes previous discussions and correspondence. Within the agreement, the Commercial Details Schedule takes precedence over the Terms, followed by other annexes.
Any variation must be in writing and signed by both the company and the investor. Any term important to your decision should therefore be included in the final agreement.
Reply to Simon with your proposed investment amount and whether you intend to invest personally or through a company.
You can then review your personalised agreement and approved budget, raise any questions, complete the required checks and, if you decide to proceed, sign and transfer funds directly to the designated company project account.
Next steps
Would you like to take the next step?
- 1
Confirm your proposed investment
Tell Simon the amount you are considering and whether you intend to invest personally or through a company.
- 2
Review the documents
Review your personalised agreement, approved budget and supporting project information. Ask questions and obtain independent advice where appropriate.
- 3
Complete the required checks
Provide the requested identity and source-of-funds information before payment.
- 4
Sign and pay if you decide to proceed
Sign the completed agreement and transfer funds directly to the designated company project account using the details in that agreement.
An enquiry does not commit you to investing or confirm an allocation.
Contact: https://www.filmtvgroup.com/contact · office@thefilminvestmentoffice.com
This FAQ summarises the template investment agreement dated 30 September 2026. It does not amend or replace the final signed agreement. Capital and returns are at risk, and repayment timing is not guaranteed. Investors should obtain independent legal, financial and tax advice where appropriate.
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