BLACK BEAR PICTURES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£7.4m
USD 9,908,772
+55.4% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
USD 5,011,437
+399.4% first positive since 2024
Employees
137
+1.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
USD 6,323,014
+164.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-06-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £790,132 | £11,414,651 | £83,116,076 | +628.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,706,737 | -£6,980,092 | £4,877,216 | +169.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,701,734 | -£7,255,206 | £4,692,404 | +164.7% | |
| Net profit | — | -£3,701,734 | -£7,255,206 | £4,692,404 | +164.7% | |
| Cash | £0 | £979,530 | £4,732,739 | £7,353,449 | +55.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | £4,872,220 | -£1,242,344 | £16,899,058 | +1,460.3% | |
| Net assets | — | £4,872,220 | -£1,242,344 | £3,719,063 | +399.4% | |
| Equity | £100 | £4,872,220 | -£1,242,344 | £3,719,063 | +399.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 27 | 135 | 137 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,701,945 | £4,055,264 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £955,110 | £1,001,855 | +4.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £955,110 | £1,001,855 | +4.9% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 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 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -61.2% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -63.6% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -76.1% | — | 28.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 11.1% | 101.7% | 97.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.99x | 0.27x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -24.75x | 22.84x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- BLACK BEAR PICTURES UK LIMITED · parent
- Black Bear Pictures International Limited 100%
- BBI Productions Limited 100%
- BBI Devco Limited 100%
- Cadence Productions Limited 100%
- LT Film Productions Limited 100%
- Fire Hawk Productions Limited 100%
- MC Productions Limited 100%
- Highland Castle Productions Limited 100%
- WD Film Productions Limited 100%
- SPAW Productions Limited 100%
- SPAW Productions Pty. Limited 100%
- Boss Man Productions Limited 100%
- VLM Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A fixed and floating charge over the intellectual property relating to the film production being produced by WD Film Productions Ltd was created on 31 January 2025, and is held by Comerica Bank.”
- “A fixed and floating charge over the intellectual property relating to the film production being produced by MC Productions Ltd was created on 6 February 2025, and is held by Comerica Bank.”
- “A fixed and floating charge over the intellectual property relating to the film production being produced by SPAW Productions Ltd was created on 30 January 2025, and is held by Comerica Bank.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIEDBERG, John Lee | Director | 2022-06-15 | Jan 1981 | American |
| HEIMLER, Michael | Director | 2022-06-15 | Sep 1987 | American |
| SCHWARZMAN, Edward Frank | Director | 2022-06-15 | May 1979 | American |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Frank Schwarzman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-10-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-01-26 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.