UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£71M
+14.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
+14.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1999-05-21 → present
- POLYGRAM FILMS (UK) LIMITED 1982-04-06 → 1999-05-21
- POLYTEL FILM LIMITED 1969-01-31 → 1982-04-06
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 | £61,470,719 | £57,489,251 | |
| Operating profit | £9,215,715 | £10,475,167 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,186,805 | £9,343,958 | |
| Net profit | £7,606,375 | £8,939,214 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £62,272,053 | £71,214,233 | |
| Equity | £62,272,053 | £71,214,233 | |
| 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 | 15.0% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 15.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.87x | 2.94x | |
| Interest cover | 8.16x | 8.57x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing, with net assets of $96,068,000, and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Universal Pictures Entertainment Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The overall reduction in revenue is driven by reduced title selections across the key windows including free TV, pay TV and transaction digital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, James | Director | 2019-11-04 | Aug 1983 | British,American |
| DOYLE, Elaine Kate | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jan 1984 | Irish |
| PARKER, Helen Mary | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jun 1966 | British |
| TIMON HILL, Kenneth Paul | Director | 2025-01-24 | Nov 1976 | Irish |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Alan Henry | Secretary | 2004-05-10 | 2004-11-08 |
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2006-05-12 |
| HOWLE, Michael Anthony | Secretary | — | 2004-05-10 |
| LAITHWAITE, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2006-05-12 | 2007-06-18 |
| LI, Helene Yuk Hing | Secretary | 2004-11-08 | 2005-07-01 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Secretary | 2007-06-18 | 2021-11-30 |
| BATCHELOR, James Douglas | Director | 2010-09-08 | 2010-12-31 |
| BEESLEY, Jason Jon | Director | 2011-08-22 | 2014-03-31 |
| BIRDSEYE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2001-09-18 |
| CAPLAN, Sally Ann | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2000-08-31 |
| CHARALAMBOUS, Karen Michelle | Director | 2010-09-08 | 2011-12-31 |
| CONN, Rowan Norman | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2011-08-22 |
| CONSTANT, Richard Michael | Director | — | 1999-10-04 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Edward | Director | 2006-12-12 | 2019-01-29 |
| CURRAN, Sarah Caroline | Director | 1997-11-03 | 1999-07-28 |
| DEAN, Paul | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-10-08 |
| DODGE, James William | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2025-01-24 |
| ENGVIK HALLSTEN, Linda | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2019-10-22 |
| FOSTER, Ian David | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| GRIERSON, Wayne Robert | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2013-03-28 |
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2001-09-18 | 2007-03-12 |
| HOLIVE, Marie Juliette France | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2013-07-05 |
| KIEDAISCH, Howard Gilbert | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2005-03-04 |
| LAITHWAITE, Melanie Jane | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2015-05-08 |
| LUDLAM, Paul Richard | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2015-11-27 |
| MASON, Graeme Robert | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2002-07-26 |
| MOORE, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2000-01-20 |
| PATEL, Dimple | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2015-02-27 |
| PEREZ GUNDIN, Francisco Jose | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2008-12-31 |
| RANDLE, Paul Joseph | Director | 2015-02-18 | 2017-04-18 |
| SMITH, Kathryn | Director | 1996-01-03 | 1998-10-23 |
| SMITH, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2006-12-12 |
| TANDY, Jill Hayley | Director | 1993-04-14 | 1998-12-21 |
| TILL, Stewart Myles | Director | — | 2000-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nbcuniversal International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-05 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-6.5%
£61,470,719 £57,489,251
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+14.4%
£62,272,053 £71,214,233
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+13.7%
£9,215,715 £10,475,167
-
Profit before tax
+14.1%
£8,186,805 £9,343,958
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