MERCURY STUDIOS MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£13M
-1.9% vs 2023
Employees
51
-5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£549K
-228.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,713,000 | £30,080,000 | +45.2% | |
| Operating profit | £399,000 | -£582,000 | -245.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £427,000 | -£549,000 | -228.6% | |
| Net profit | £311,000 | -£363,000 | -216.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,865,000 | -£12,109,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | -£12,769,000 | -£13,013,000 | -1.9% | |
| Equity | -£12,769,000 | -£13,132,000 | -2.8% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 51 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £4,269,000 | £3,669,000 | -14.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £456,000 | £393,000 | -13.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.71x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERCURY STUDIOS MEDIA LIMITED 2020-12-01 → present
- EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 1997-01-31 → 2020-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the company has received confirmation from Universal Music Group N.V., the company's ultimate parent undertaking, of its intention to continue to provide financial and other support to the extent necessary to enable the company to continue to pay its liabilitics as and when they become due for a period not less than one year from the date of approval of these financial statements. Having regard to this intention, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MERCURY STUDIOS MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- Mercury Studios Visions Ltd 100%
- Mercury Studios Productions Ltd 100%
- Mercury Studios Factual Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Secretary | 2014-07-11 | — | — |
| DANQUAH, Kenneth | Director | 2025-05-21 | Nov 1985 | British |
| MUIR, Boyd Johnston | Director | 2024-11-19 | May 1959 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHARD, Jonathan Neil | Secretary | 2003-09-09 | 2006-04-13 |
| CONSTANT, Richard Michael | Secretary | 2014-04-07 | 2014-07-11 |
| HOSKEN, Simon William Harvey | Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2014-04-07 |
| HOYER MILLAR, Christian James Charles | Secretary | 1998-12-11 | 2003-09-09 |
| JACOBS, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1997-06-04 | 1998-12-11 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 1997-06-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 1997-01-31 |
| BARKER, Adam Martin | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2024-11-19 |
| BLANCHARD, Jonathan Neil | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2006-04-13 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2017-03-31 |
| CARMEL, Simon Lloyd | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-03-13 |
| CONSTANT, Richard Michael | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2017-07-28 |
| FINKENWIRTH, Andre | Director | 2001-06-15 | 2001-11-26 |
| GRIFFITHS, Richard Hugo Dilsmore | Director | 1998-04-08 | 1999-11-23 |
| GUITSCH, Hans-Martin Arnold | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2001-06-15 |
| HAENTJES, Michael Paul Maria | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-12-21 |
| HOCKMAN, David Philip | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2001-06-15 |
| HOLE, Christopher Charles Maximilian | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2015-10-07 |
| HOSKEN, Simon William Harvey | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2020-12-15 |
| HOYER MILLAR, Christian James Charles | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2003-09-09 |
| JACOBS, Susan Mary | Director | 1997-11-05 | 1998-12-11 |
| JASSAL, Paramjit | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2019-03-13 |
| KEMPIN, Geoffrey Manton | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2021-03-03 |
| LYCETT, Daniel Christopher | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2001-06-15 |
| MEYER, Jorn | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2000-06-09 |
| MUIR, Boyd Johnston | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2020-11-10 |
| NAVIN, Stephen William Harding | Director | 1998-04-08 | 1999-11-23 |
| PAUL, Julian Braithwaite | Director | 1997-06-04 | 2008-12-31 |
| PRESTON, John | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1998-04-08 |
| SHAND, Terence Richard | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2019-07-31 |
| SHARPE, David Richard James | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2024-11-19 |
| WEBB, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-01-31 | 1997-01-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-01-31 | 1997-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Studios Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.