FREMANTLEMEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+52% vs 2023
Net assets
£95M
-1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
-62.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- FREMANTLEMEDIA LIMITED 2004-03-23 → present
- FREMANTLEMEDIA ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2001-08-29 → 2004-03-23
- FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2001-08-22 → 2001-08-29
- FREMANTLE DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2001-08-20 → 2001-08-22
- PEARSON TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1996-04-25 → 2001-08-20
- THAMES TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1933-06-16 → 1996-04-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £364,834,000 | £367,432,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,939,000 | £7,385,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,480,000 | £3,538,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,747,000 | -£154,000 | |
| Cash | £2,545,000 | £3,868,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £99,403,000 | £95,420,000 | |
| Net assets | £96,089,000 | £95,125,000 | |
| Equity | £96,089,000 | £95,125,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.8% | 77.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 11.97x | 0.96x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate given the following considerations. Directors considered the operating nature of the entity, current global economic uncertainty and expectations for the future trading along with the outstanding inter-company payables and inter-company receivables for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds through funding from RTL Group S.A. and repayment of outstanding balances from fellow subsidiaries to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Group structure
- FREMANTLEMEDIA LIMITED · parent
- FremantleMedia Studios Limited 100%
- Euston Films Productions Limited 100%
- FremantleMedia Enterprises FZ-LLC 100%
- Fremantle Limited 100%
- Retort Productions Limited 100%
- TalkbackThames UK Limited 100%
- CO92 The Film Limited 50%
- Dublin Murders Productions Limited 75%
- Euston Music Limited 50%
- PT Dunia Visitama Produksi 1%
- FremantleMedia Belgium NV 1%
- Label1 Television Limited 100%
- Dancing Ledge Productions Limited 91%
Significant events
- “The drop in performance during 2024 compared to prior year is attributable to the full impairment of the Company's investment in Label1 Television Limited, resulting in a £1 million drop in profit, and interest costs increasing by £3.3 million.”
- “On 2 January 2024 Naked Television Limited was fully dissolved, and therefore the full cost of £5,077,000 was disposed and the impairment of £5,077,000 was reversed.”
- “On 31 May 2024, the investment net book value of Label1 Television Limited of £1,053,288 was fully impaired.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting period ended 31 December 2024 and prior to the financial statements being authorised for issue, Fremantle Media Limited acquired all of the issued share capital of an international video format development and production company for an estimated cash consideration of approximately GBP £140m, which includes a significant amount of estimated deferred and contingent consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Matthew Edward | Secretary | 2023-11-21 | — | — |
| BOTT, Andrew | Director | 2022-12-02 | Feb 1968 | British |
| BROWN, Amelia Gwendola Clifton | Director | 2024-07-09 | Nov 1979 | British |
| RICHTER, Jens-Uwe | Director | 2021-06-07 | Nov 1965 | German |
| SCROSATI, Andrea | Director | 2018-11-19 | Jan 1972 | Italian |
| WILSON, Matthew Edward | Director | 2021-08-02 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALMERS, Robin Michael | Secretary | 2016-03-15 | 2016-05-31 |
| COE, Linda Frances | Secretary | 1991-11-27 | 1993-08-02 |
| FARNABY, Helen Linda | Secretary | 1998-08-20 | 2016-05-31 |
| FERGUSON, Ernitia | Secretary | 2017-10-26 | 2022-02-01 |
| GIBSON, Carolyn Ann | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-23 |
| GOWIN, Sandra | Secretary | 1993-08-02 | 1998-08-20 |
| MARR, Ben Emslie | Secretary | — | 1991-11-26 |
| MORETON, Jacqueline Frances | Secretary | 2016-08-24 | 2016-11-14 |
| PIRNIE, Christopher | Secretary | 2022-02-01 | 2023-11-21 |
| SPEVACK, Tracey Jane | Secretary | 2016-11-15 | 2017-10-26 |
| ABRAMS, Joseph Charles | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2001-06-30 |
| AHLUWALIA, Gillian Ethel | Director | 2021-07-15 | 2022-12-02 |
| ANDREAE, Simon Edward | Director | 2021-06-07 | 2023-04-14 |
| BENNETT, James Stark | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2000-05-22 |
| BOTT, Andrew | Director | 2016-03-15 | 2021-06-07 |
| BOYD, Alan Edward | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2006-07-03 |
| BRASS, Martha E | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2000-05-22 |
| CARTER, Gary Russell | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2013-02-28 |
| CHALMERS, Robin Michael | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| COHEN, Anthony Lewis | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2012-06-30 |
| DESAI, Sangeeta | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-09-07 |
| DUNN, Richard Johann | Director | — | 1995-03-17 |
| ELLENDER, David | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2013-07-31 |
| ELSTEIN, David Keith | Director | — | 1993-01-15 |
| FINCHAM, Peter Arthur | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2005-04-22 |
| FROT-COUTAZ, Cecile | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| GARDINER, Britt | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2002-02-13 |
| GEATER, Sara Kate | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| GRAY, Nicola Louise | Director | 2013-08-08 | 2023-04-11 |
| HAMBLEY, Robert John | Director | — | 1994-01-10 |
| HARRIS, Brian Frederick John | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2001-04-30 |
| HEGGESSEY, Lorraine Sylvia | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2010-06-30 |
| HUMBY, Nicholas Wayne | Director | 1993-06-25 | 1996-04-22 |
| HUNT, Derek Roy | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| KINBRUM, Arnold | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2001-05-04 |
| LINCOLN, William | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2001-05-31 |
| LOGAN, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 1996-04-22 | 1999-12-23 |
| MACKAY, Catherine Vinal | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2004-07-26 |
| MARR, Ben Emslie | Director | — | 1991-11-26 |
| MCCOURT, Robert Fitzgerald | Director | 2013-08-08 | 2018-01-23 |
| MIRON, Roger Anthony | Director | — | 1996-04-22 |
| MORETON, Jacqueline Frances | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| MULLIN, Jennifer | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2021-06-07 |
| OUSEY, Ian Ryder Marchant | Director | 2005-08-08 | 2013-02-28 |
| PHILLIPS, Michael John | Director | — | 1996-04-22 |
| RIDDLESTON, Mark John | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-10-31 |
| SPALDING, Simon John | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2005-12-13 |
| STERN, Anthony Iain Alfred | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2004-07-26 |
| TINGAY, Sarah Frances Hamilton | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2014-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantlemedia Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 254 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-02-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£364,834,000 £367,432,000
-
Cash
+52%
£2,545,000 £3,868,000
-
Net assets
-1%
£96,089,000 £95,125,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-17.4%
£8,939,000 £7,385,000
-
Profit before tax
-62.7%
£9,480,000 £3,538,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers