MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED
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Cash
£8.2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£62M
Equity attributable
Employees
875
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£17M
Period ending 2023-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £80,076,463 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,331,329 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,561,145 | — | |
| Net profit | -£14,392,517 | — | |
| Cash | £8,190,493 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £227,617,231 | — | |
| Net assets | £61,631,007 | — | |
| Equity | £61,631,007 | — | |
| Average employees | 875 | — | |
| Wages | £26,942,528 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £861,993 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | -18.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -0.15x |
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
- MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED 2020-10-27 → present
- DMWSL 928 LIMITED 2020-06-29 → 2020-10-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's business results, together with factors that will likely affect future performance, are set out in the strategic report on pages 4-8. After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections and taking into account the economic conditions and possible changes in trading performance of which the Company is a part, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- MURPHY TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Murphy Debtco Limited 100%
- Murphy Midco Limited 100%
- Murphy Bidco Limited 100%
- BIMM Topco Limited 100%
- BIMM 1 Limited 100%
- BIMM Holdings Limited 100%
- BIMM Group Limited 100%
- Met Media Limited 100%
- Met Film Operations Limited 100%
- Met Film Limited 100%
- Met Film Post Limited 100%
- Met Film School Limited 100%
- Met Film Special Projects Limited 100%
- Tech Music Schools Limited 100%
- BIMM University Limited 100%
- Rock Place Management Limited 100%
- No. 7 Limited 100%
- Kings Square Management Limited 100%
- South Coast Sounds Limited 100%
- BIMM Dublin Limited 100%
- BRICTT Limited 100%
- BIMM Education Limited 100%
- Performers College Limited 100%
- Leagh-Hicks Associates Limited 100%
- Performers Management Agency Limited 100%
- Brighton Film School Holdings Limited 100%
- Brighton Film School Investments Limited 100%
- Brighton Film School Limited 100%
- Masters Performing Arts College Limited 100%
- The Dancehouse Property Management Limited 100%
- Northern Ballet School
- The Dancehouse Theatre Company Limited
Significant events
- “After the year end an HMRC VAT inspection of Met Film School Limited raised a provisional assessment of £3,997,213 for the period to February 2024. The company is currently considering its position and has until March 2026 to respond. No provision has been made as at the balance sheet date because the outcome is uncertain and management does not consider that an outflow of funds is probable.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEACOCK, Timothy Alexander William | Secretary | 2025-11-30 | — | — |
| BLACK, Gavin William | Director | 2025-11-30 | Sep 1973 | British |
| DANILCZUK, Robert | Director | 2025-10-24 | Feb 1991 | British |
| HUNT, Mark Andrew, Professor | Director | 2021-01-08 | May 1960 | British |
| ROBERT-MURPHY, Olivier Pierre Marie Jean | Director | 2026-02-28 | Jul 1966 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Ian | Secretary | 2022-08-30 | 2023-04-30 |
| PAGE, Fiona Jayne | Secretary | 2023-08-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| YEBOAH, Bernard Okae | Secretary | 2020-11-20 | 2022-06-23 |
| DM COMPANY SERVICES (LONDON) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-29 | 2020-10-26 |
| ANGELOV, Miroslav | Director | 2022-10-05 | 2025-10-24 |
| BARRON, Paul Thomas | Director | 2020-06-29 | 2020-10-26 |
| CARSWELL, Adam Peter | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2023-03-20 |
| COADY, Bernard Julien | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-20 |
| COLLINS, Ian | Director | 2022-08-08 | 2023-04-30 |
| COX, Alistair | Director | 2021-01-08 | 2022-07-15 |
| GAYDON, Neil | Director | 2021-11-19 | 2025-06-30 |
| JONES-OWEN, David | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2026-02-28 |
| MCKELVEY, Sam William | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-20 |
| MCKELVEY, Sam William | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2025-06-13 |
| PAGE, Fiona Jayne | Director | 2023-08-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| RODDIS, Simon James Edward | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2020-11-20 |
| RODDIS, Simon James Edward | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2022-05-11 |
| WADSWORTH, Antony Ronald | Director | 2021-01-08 | 2021-09-30 |
| WELTMAN, Andrew | Director | 2021-01-08 | 2022-08-08 |
| YEBOAH, Bernard Okae | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2022-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Capital Group Plc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2020-10-26 | Active |
| Dm Company Services (London) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-29 | Ceased 2020-10-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.