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Cash

£12M

USD 15,846,000

-78% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£831K

USD 1,110,000

-99% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£2M

USD 2,710,000

+131.3% first positive since 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit -£1,943,405
Profit before tax £21,199,281-£6,488,995£2,028,747 +131.3%
Net profit £21,199,281-£6,612,517-£8,304,387 -25.6%
Cash £51,137,895£54,006,588£11,862,554 -78%
Total assets less current liabilities £90,609,373£83,996,856£830,963 -99%
Net assets £90,609,373£83,996,856£830,963 -99%
Equity £90,609,373£83,996,856£830,963 -99%
Average employees 000
Wages
Directors' remuneration £0£0

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. 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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Return on capital employed -233.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 0.0%0.0%

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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 2 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the company were unable to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GIBBONS, James T'Sung Jen Director 2018-07-26 Jun 1969 Canadian
WEEKES, Roanne Lea Director 2015-09-18 Oct 1978 Australian
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BONARD, Nicolas Director 2015-09-18 2016-10-14
COLES, Dominic Peter Director 2015-09-18 2017-06-30
SHMULEWITZ, Yitzchok Director 2016-10-18 2018-07-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-10-10 Active
Discovery International Holdings Lp Corporate entity Significant influence 2018-12-19 Ceased 2025-10-10
Discovery Communications, Inc. Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-12-19

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 42 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-06-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-12-08 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-12-08 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-12-08 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-10-10 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-10 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-29 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-09-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-10-08 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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