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Doclights GmbH GmbHGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

HamburgHamburg, DEU ·HRB 113765 Hamburg

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Structured data

Parsed, typed and queryable directly through the API.

Overview

Legal form: GmbH
Address: Jenfelder Allee 80
22045 Hamburg
Commercial register: HRB 113765, Hamburg
Registration date: February 7, 1995
Industry: Herstellung von Lampen und Leuchten
Herstellung von Verpackungsmitteln aus Kunststoffen
Herstellung von sonstigen Videofilmen, von Filmen und Fernsehprogrammen
Purpose: die Herstellung von Film-, Fernseh- und Musikproduktionen, die Bearbeitung, die Verbreitung und Auswertung solcher Produktionen, die Betätigung in ähnlichen anderen Bereichen einschließlich aller sonstigen hierzu erforderlichen oder zweckmäßigen Geschäfte sowie jede sonstige Betätigung auf dem Gebiet der audiovisuellen Publikationsmittel.

Financials

Employees 2024

Total assets 2024

17,53 Mio. €

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Balance sheet

2024

Assets 17,53 Mio

Current Assets 94,1 % 16,49 Mio
Fixed Assets 5,9 % 1,03 Mio

Liabilities and Equity 17,53 Mio

Liabilities 87,1 % 15,26 Mio
Equity 6,9 % 1,20 Mio
Provisions 6,1 % 1,06 Mio
Accrued Expenses 0,0 % 1,4 k

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Balance sheet data available for 18 earlier fiscal years.

Profit & loss

2023

Income 9,11 Mio

Gross profit 42,7 % 3,89 Mio
Personnel expenses 22,0 % 2,00 Mio
Result after taxes 9,5 % 863,5 k
Balance sheet profit/loss 9,4 % 856,5 k
Other operating expenses 7,3 % 666,0 k
Income and profit taxes 3,3 % 298,8 k
Interest and similar expenses 2,7 % 248,0 k
Income from investments 2,5 % 229,7 k
On intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment 0,5 % 43,6 k
Other interest and similar income 0,1 % 8,0 k
Other taxes 0,1 % −7,0 k

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P&L data available for 4 earlier fiscal years.

Authorized representatives

Michaela Hummel since 2010 Managing Director

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Ownership & holdings

Shareholders

Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH DEU AG Hamburg HRB 113 801 51.0 % 58k €
ZDF Studios GmbH DEU AG Mainz HRB 4927 49.0 % 55k €

Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs)

No beneficial owners conclusively identified — 2 possible matches from the transparency register.

Holds shares in

ECO MEDIA TV-Produktion GmbH GmbH Hamburg, DEU 100.0 %
eco documentaries GmbH GmbH Hamburg, DEU 100.0 %

History

2025
08.05.

Change of authority

Michaela Hummel · Managing Director
10.04.

Change of address

Doclights GmbH
10.04.

Correction of entity data

Doclights GmbH
2022
01.08.

Change of bylaws

Doclights GmbH
2019
24.07.

Merger

Doclights GmbH
2018
05.06.

Split

Doclights GmbH
05.06.

Split

Doclights GmbH
2015
23.02.

Exit of position

A****** K****** · Managing Director

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Part 2 / 2

Raw data & documents

Original filings, full-text markdown and PDFs — full content via the API.

Annual statements (full text)

Published reports as markdown — including management report, balance sheet, P&L and appendix.

2024 Jahresabschluss
2023 Jahresabschluss ↓
2023 Jahresabschluss
2022 Jahresabschluss
2021 Jahresabschluss

Previous year — readable in full

Jahresabschluss 2023

Published April 1, 2025 · Source: Bundesanzeiger

Doclights GmbH

Hamburg

Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.01.2023 bis zum 31.12.2023

Gesellschafterbeschluss

Die Gesellschafter der Doclights GmbH,

a)	die Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH, vertreten durch ihre Geschäftsführer Michael Lehmann und Andreas Knoblauch, und
b)	die ZDF STUDIOS GmbH, vertreten durch ihre Geschäftsführer Fred Burcksen und Karoline Meichsner-Sertl,

halten unter Verzicht auf alle Form- und Fristvorschriften eine Gesellschafterversammlung ab und beschließen im Umlaufverfahren Folgendes:

1. Der Jahresabschluss zum 31. Dezember 2023 wird festgestellt.

2. Der Bilanzgewinn des Geschäftsjahres 2023 in Höhe von EUR 856.513,80 wird am 28.06.2024 in Höhe von EUR 436.822,04 an die Gesellschafterin Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH und in Höhe von EUR 419.691,76 an die Gesellschafterin ZDF STUDIOS GmbH ausgeschüttet.

3. Den Geschäftsführern wird für das Geschäftsjahr 2023 Entlastung erteilt.

4. Dem Aufsichtsratsmitglied Michael Lehmann wird für das Jahr 2023 Entlastung erteilt. Herr Lehmann nimmt an der Abstimmung zu seiner Person nicht teil.

Dem Aufsichtsratsmitglied Karoline Meichsner-Sertl wird für das Geschäftsjahr 2023 Entlastung erteilt. Frau Karoline Meichsner-Sertl nimmt an der Abstimmung zu ihrer Person nicht teil.

Dem Aufsichtsratsmitglied Peter Arens wird für das Geschäftsjahr 2023 Entlastung erteilt.

Dem Aufsichtsratsmitglied Fred Burcksen wird für das Geschäftsjahr 2023 Entlastung erteilt. Herr Fred Burcksen nimmt an der Abstimmung zu seiner Person nicht teil.

Hamburg, den 28.03.2024

Studio Hamburg
Produktion Gruppe GmbH

Michael Lehmann

Andreas Knoblauch

Mainz, den 03.04.2024

ZDF STUDIOS GmbH

Fred Burcksen

Karoline Meichsner-Sertl

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Register documents

PDF documents straight from the court register — fetched on demand via the :code endpoint.

Current extract (AD)
Chronological extract (CD)
Structured content (SI, XML)
Shareholders list
Articles of association

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Website content

Structured markdown rendering of the company's public website — perfect for enrichment and AI pipelines.

Website snapshot (auto-discovered) AI

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Live API

GEThandelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization

?q=cd2debdd6bd3e0aaab07bf41bf0337f7

&features=financial_kpi

&features=balance_sheet_accounts

&features=profit_and_loss_account

&features=related_persons

&features=shareholders

&features=ubos

&features=shareholdings

&features=history

&features=annual_financial_statements__html

curl -H 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  "https://handelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization?q=cd2debdd6bd3e0aaab07bf41bf0337f7&features=financial_kpi&features=balance_sheet_accounts&features=profit_and_loss_account&features=related_persons&features=shareholders&features=ubos&features=shareholdings&features=history&features=annual_financial_statements__html"

# pip install handelsregister
from handelsregister import Handelsregister

client = Handelsregister(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")  # or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
organization = client.fetch_organization(
    q="cd2debdd6bd3e0aaab07bf41bf0337f7",
    features=[
        "financial_kpi",
        "balance_sheet_accounts",
        "profit_and_loss_account",
        "related_persons",
        "shareholders",
        "ubos",
        "shareholdings",
        "history",
        "annual_financial_statements__html",
    ],
)
print(organization["name"])

// npm install handelsregister
import { Handelsregister } from 'handelsregister';

const client = new Handelsregister('YOUR_API_KEY'); // or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
  q: 'cd2debdd6bd3e0aaab07bf41bf0337f7',
  features: [
    'financial_kpi',
    'balance_sheet_accounts',
    'profit_and_loss_account',
    'related_persons',
    'shareholders',
    'ubos',
    'shareholdings',
    'history',
    'annual_financial_statements__html',
  ],
});
console.log(organization.name);

// npm install handelsregister
const { Handelsregister } = require('handelsregister');

const client = new Handelsregister(process.env.HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY);
(async () => {
  const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
    q: 'cd2debdd6bd3e0aaab07bf41bf0337f7',
    features: [
      'financial_kpi',
      'balance_sheet_accounts',
      'profit_and_loss_account',
      'related_persons',
      'shareholders',
      'ubos',
      'shareholdings',
      'history',
      'annual_financial_statements__html',
    ],
  });
  console.log(organization.name);
})();

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Base fields

entity_id string

Stable handelsregister.ai identifier (32-char hex string).

name string

Registered legal name of the entity.

status enum

ACTIVE, TERMINATED, DISSOLVED or INSOLVENT.

legal_form string

Legal form (GmbH, AG, KG, …) when available.

address object

Postal address with street, house_number, postal_code, city, county, state, country and coordinates.

registration object

registration_date date

Initial entry into the commercial register (ISO date).

purpose string

Stated business purpose (Unternehmensgegenstand).

representation_scheme object

General representation scheme: { current: [...], history: [...] } with effective_from/effective_to per version.

capital object

Registered capital: { current, history }. current carries amount, currency and kind (STAMMKAPITAL, GRUNDKAPITAL, HAFTSUMME, GENEHMIGTES_KAPITAL, BEDINGTES_KAPITAL, VARIABLES_KAPITAL — open enum); each history entry has value, effective_from and effective_to (null = still in force). change_amount on a history entry is unsigned and does not always equal the difference between two consecutive amounts, so derive increases and decreases from the amounts. Partnerships and other entities without registered capital return current: null and an empty history.

contact_data object

website, phone_number and email when available.

industry_classification object

Industry codes per WZ2008 and WZ2025 with labels.

keywords array<string>

Keywords derived from the business purpose.

products_and_services array<string>

Product and service descriptions when available.

history array<object>

Chronological log of all register changes (name, seat, capital, representation, …).

features=financial_kpi

financial_kpi array<object>

Per fiscal year: revenue, employees, active_total (balance-sheet total), net_income, material_expenses, personnel_expenses.

features=balance_sheet_accounts

balance_sheet_accounts array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical balance-sheet line items from the published annual statement.

features=profit_and_loss_account

profit_and_loss_account array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical profit-and-loss line items.

features=related_persons

related_persons object

Authorized representatives: { current: [...], past: [...] } — managing directors, board members, signatories. Each person carries organization_representation_scheme and role_representation_scheme (current scheme + history).

features=shareholders

shareholders object

Shareholders: { total_capital, entries: [...], history: { current_as_of, past: [...] } }. Each entry carries shareholder, contribution, contribution_ratio and role; history.past delivers previous shareholder lists with an as_of date. total_capital, contribution and contribution_ratio may be null (e.g. for partnerships).

features=ubos

ubos object

Ultimate beneficial owners: { beneficial_owners, unresolved_beneficial_owners, coverage } as recorded in the transparency register.

features=shareholdings

shareholdings object

Stakes this entity holds in others: { holdings: { current: [...] }, summary }. Each holding links another organization by entity_id.

features=publications

publications array<object>

Official commercial-register publications (date, title, full text).

features=annual_financial_statements__html

annual_financial_statements__html array<object>

Published annual statements with document_html (rendered HTML), document_type, document_title, document_date, language and year.

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Key figures Revenue, employee count, total assets, net income — per fiscal year.
Authorized representatives Current and former managing directors, board members, signatories — with roles and date ranges.
Publications Official commercial register publications including date and full text.
Gesellschafter Current shareholder structure with stakes and contributions.
Wirtschaftlich Berechtigte (UBOs) Ultimate beneficial owners as recorded in the German transparency register.
Beteiligungen Stakes this company holds in other entities.
Bilanz Full balance sheet line items from published annual statements.
Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung P&L line items per fiscal year.
Jahresabschlüsse (HTML) Published annual financial statements rendered as HTML.
Insolvenzbekanntmachungen Notices from the official insolvency registers.
News Recent mentions of the company from external news sources.

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