MOTIVE PICTURES LTD
Motive Pictures is a London-based television programme production company led by producer Simon Maxwell.
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Cash
£12M
+43.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.9M
+2.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
+200% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£171K
-106.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,176,205 | £21,905,497 | £19,336,774 | -11.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,935,675 | £2,473,459 | -£180,131 | -107.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,935,675 | £2,476,089 | -£170,777 | -106.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,935,675 | £2,476,089 | -£170,777 | -106.9% | |
| Cash | £9,085,671 | £8,072,184 | £11,603,392 | +43.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£94,339 | £2,841,755 | £2,901,013 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | -£94,339 | £2,841,755 | £2,901,013 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | -£94,339 | £2,841,755 | £2,901,013 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 81 | 41 | 123 | +200% | |
| Wages | £2,728,973 | £2,388,689 | £6,961,893 | +191.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £211,939 | £229,743 | £261,524 | +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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -46.4% | 11.3% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -46.4% | 11.3% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 87.0% | -6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.09x | 1.03x |
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
- MOTIVE PICTURES LTD 2019-02-11 → present
- SCREEN UNION LTD 2018-10-09 → 2019-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's robust financial planning and funding arrangements ensure operational continuity and financial stability throughout. Therefore, the fluctuating costs associated with our production cycles do not pose a threat to our status as a going concern. As a result, the director believes that it remains appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOTIVE PICTURES LTD · parent
- Motive Pictures (GMB) Limited 100%
- Motive Pictures (WITW) Limited 100%
- Motive Pictures (YS) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, on 16 October 2025, Motive Pictures (YS 2) Limited was incorporated, a company registered in England and Wales. The Company owns 100% of the 100 shares which have a par value of £1 per share.”
- “On 30 January 2026, Motive Pictures (YS) Limited granted a debenture in favour of Amazon Content Services LLC, creating fixed and floating security over all present and future assets and undertaking of Motive Pictures (YS) Limited, including intellectual property, production assets, receivables, bank accounts, equipment and investments, but excluding certain pre-existing secured assets. The charge was satisfied on 25 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALABRESE, Kasee Leigh | Director | 2023-03-23 | Jan 1981 | American |
| MAXWELL, Simon Andrew | Director | 2018-10-09 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Tim | Director | 2019-04-15 | 2023-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Ariel Zev Emanuel | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-15 | Ceased 2025-09-11 |
| Mr Patrick William Whitesell | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-15 | Ceased 2025-09-11 |
| Endeavor Content Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2019-04-15 | Ceased 2019-04-15 |
| Ms Ariel Zev Emauel | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-15 | Ceased 2019-04-15 |
| Mr Simon Andrew Maxwell | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-10-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.