SILVERBACK FILMS LTD
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Cash
£9.5m
-17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£10m
-21% vs 2024
Employees
99
-22.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3m
-54.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,876,917 | £10,184,039 | £14,609,213 | £15,612,475 | £11,750,652 | -24.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,118,435 | — | £4,984,542 | £6,374,139 | £2,883,245 | -54.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,277,208 | £3,728,471 | £9,599,940 | £7,221,496 | £3,288,454 | -54.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £9,598,335 | £6,837,030 | £3,302,540 | -51.7% | |
| Cash | £8,578,281 | £12,045,213 | £5,296,688 | £11,525,312 | £9,508,853 | -17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,956,654 | £11,574,064 | £6,114,885 | £13,212,725 | £10,921,081 | -17.3% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,991,229 | £12,828,259 | £10,130,799 | -21% | |
| Equity | £10,661,863 | £11,392,894 | £5,991,229 | £12,828,259 | £10,130,799 | -21% | |
| Average employees | 105 | 119 | 127 | 128 | 99 | -22.7% | |
| Wages | £5,294,044 | £6,108,233 | £6,513,148 | £6,895,257 | £5,859,339 | -15% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £400,000 | £410,000 | £430,500 | £443,420 | £452,300 | +2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £215,250 | £221,710 | £226,150 | +2% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.7% | — | 34.1% | 40.8% | 24.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 65.7% | 43.8% | 28.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.5% | — | 81.5% | 48.2% | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 26.4% | 23.6% | 19.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.93x | 4.22x | 6.41x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery 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 the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- SILVERBACK FILMS LTD · parent
- Serengeti Productions Limited 100%
- Tikaani Productions Limited 100%
- SBF Productions Limited 100%
- SBF Nat Productions Limited 100%
- First Loop Productions Limited 100%
- Living Planet Productions Limited 100%
- Project Arabia Productions Limited 100%
- Wild Britain Productions Limited 100%
- KTRX Productions Limited 100%
- Born Free Productions Limited 100%
- SBF Features Limited 100%
- Arctic Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 March 2026, Banijay Group ('Banijay') and Redbird IMI, the Company's ultimate controlling party, entered into a strategic partnership to merge Banijay Entertainment (inclusive of Banijay Live) and the DLG Acquisitions Group.”
- “The transaction completed on 9 July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCINTYRE-BROWN, Andrew James | Secretary | 2025-05-23 | — | — |
| FOTHERGILL, Alastair David William | Director | 2013-01-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| SCHOLEY, Keith Douglas, Dr | Director | 2012-07-05 | Jun 1957 | British |
| TURTON, Victoria Jane | Director | 2020-12-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| ALL3MEDIA DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2025-05-23 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMLIN, Jane | Secretary | 2012-07-05 | 2020-12-01 |
| MCMULLEN, Angela | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2025-05-23 |
| GEATER, Sara Kate | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2026-07-23 |
| MCMULLEN, Angela | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2025-05-23 |
| VALAITIS, Peter Anthony | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2013-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlg Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-12-01 | Active |
| Dr Keith Douglas Scholey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-01 |
| Alastair David William Fothergill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-12-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-12-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.