UNIVERSAL PICTURES GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2m
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
17
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+230.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,326,000 | £4,855,000 | £6,642,000 | +36.8% | |
| Operating profit | £420,000 | £430,000 | £544,000 | +26.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,498,000 | £489,000 | £1,615,000 | +230.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,449,000 | £480,000 | £1,582,000 | +229.6% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,423,000 | £1,920,000 | £2,021,000 | +5.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,423,000 | £1,920,000 | £2,021,000 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £1,423,000 | £1,920,000 | £2,021,000 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 17 | 17 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,434,000 | £1,506,000 | £1,566,000 | +4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 8.9% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 27.2% | 9.9% | 23.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.5% | 22.4% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.26x | 2.70x | 3.60x |
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
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2002-04-30 → present
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2002-04-05 → 2002-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing, with net assets of £2,021,000, and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES GROUP (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Universal Pictures Ltd 100%
- 1440 Productions UK Ltd 0%
- Ancient Futures Ltd 100%
- Arcadia Pictures Ltd 100%
- Barricade Productions Ltd 100%
- Bleecker Production Services Ltd 100%
- Compound Films Ltd 100%
- Fast Productions Ltd 100%
- Colt 87 Films Limited 0%
- Bourne Again Ltd 100%
- El Paridiso Films Limited 100%
- Dame Films Ltd 100%
- Explorer Productions Ltd 100%
- Box Hill Films Ltd 100%
- Butterfly Films Ltd 0%
- Fireball Films Ltd 100%
- High Tea Pictures Ltd 100%
- FFSO Ltd 100%
- Grunewald Films Ltd 100%
- JB5 Productions Ltd 100%
- Novel Pictures Ltd 0%
- Opaque Show Limited 100%
- Owl Films Limited 100%
- Karaoke Productions Ltd 100%
- Obscure Pictures Ltd 100%
- Playhouse Productions Limited 100%
- Priority Films Limited 100%
- Lone Star Films Ltd 100%
- Three Act Pictures Ltd 100%
- News Worthy Pictures Ltd 100%
- Static Films Ltd 100%
- Saga Productions Limited 100%
- Red Alert Productions Limited 100%
- Working Title Productions Ltd 100%
- FF9 Pictures Ltd 100%
- Mathgamain Flims Ltd 100%
- TTP Films Ltd 100%
- StarPlay Productions Ltd 100%
- Third Wish Productions Limited 100%
- Toothless Productions Limited 100%
- Sarcophagus Films Ltd 100%
- Voyage Productions Ltd 100%
- Blue Moon Pictures Limited 100%
- Charlie's Tale Limited 100%
- Western Sky Ltd 100%
- Desert Fox Films Limited 100%
- Mirage Pictures Limited 100%
- Omega Point Productions Limited 100%
- Phoenix Productions Limited 100%
- South Shore Films Limited 100%
- Clementine Pictures Limited 100%
- Fish Eye View Films Limited 100%
- Fez Hat Productions Limited 100%
- Gramercy Film Productions Limited 100%
- Reel Current Films Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025, the company disposed of its 100% holding in 1440 Productions UK Ltd, Colt 87 Films Limited, Butterfly Films Ltd, and Novel Pictures Ltd. Also during 2025, the company acquired 100% holding in Clementine Pictures Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARQUET, Jose Arturo | Director | 2006-05-05 | Apr 1963 | American |
| HODGSON, David Andrew | Director | 2018-02-23 | May 1971 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Secretary | 2006-02-06 | 2007-03-12 |
| JOHNSTONE, Alexandra Renee | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2006-02-06 |
| LAITHWAITE, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2007-03-12 | 2007-06-18 |
| LI, Helene Yuk Hing | Secretary | 2004-11-08 | 2005-07-01 |
| LUMB, Edward Laurence | Secretary | 2002-04-05 | 2002-04-15 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Secretary | 2007-06-18 | 2021-11-30 |
| SMITH, Peter Boyd | Secretary | 2002-04-15 | 2004-11-08 |
| BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2002-04-15 |
| BRATCHELL, Duncan John Timothy | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2022-06-30 |
| BRODIE, Michael John | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2004-09-23 |
| BUSS, Alexander Philip | Director | 2008-02-14 | 2015-02-12 |
| ETHERIDGE, Scott | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2007-12-04 |
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2004-09-23 | 2008-02-14 |
| LEDDING, Mary Suurmeyer | Director | 2006-02-06 | 2006-05-02 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2015-05-15 |
| PALOTAY, Marc Richard | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2015-03-20 |
| PRESSWELL, Simon Paul Thomas | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2010-10-01 |
| RANDALL, Karen | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2004-12-31 |
| RIBEIRO, Daryl Mark | Director | 2006-02-06 | 2007-03-05 |
| SMITH, Peter Boyd | Director | 2002-09-26 | 2004-10-29 |
| SMITH, Peter Boyd | Director | 2002-04-23 | 2002-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.