CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+40.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+9.4% vs 2023
Employees
130
-24.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-28.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2009-03-05 → present
- CELADOR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2009-03-05
- GRANTVENUS LIMITED 1979-01-23 → 1979-12-31
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 | £46,308,785 | £41,175,659 | |
| Operating profit | £2,281,875 | £1,639,173 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,281,261 | £1,620,886 | |
| Net profit | £2,281,261 | £1,620,886 | |
| Cash | £5,975,865 | £8,371,813 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,934,117 | £10,670,882 | |
| Net assets | £6,572,779 | £7,193,665 | |
| Equity | £6,572,779 | £7,193,665 | |
| Average employees | 172 | 130 | |
| Wages | £7,869,435 | £7,868,757 |
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 | 4.9% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.9% | 15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 3716.41x | 89.64x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed forecasts for the year to 31 December 2025 and the pipeline through to Summer 2026 that consider the productions that have been and are expected to be commissioned. The directors adopt a prudent approach when preparing forecasts, taking into account likelihood of returning & new commissions and the current economic outlook. For this reason they continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- CPL Good Vibrations Limited 100%
- CPL Play Beast Limited 100%
- CPL RB Ltd 100%
- NIT Television Limited 50.01%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKES, Janet Christine | Secretary | 2012-03-21 | — | — |
| BOLAND, Murray | Director | 2006-12-20 | Jan 1965 | Irish |
| LUX, Danielle Suzanne | Director | 2004-02-03 | May 1964 | British |
| METZGER, Martin Anton | Director | 2018-11-20 | Mar 1973 | German |
| OAKES, Janet Christine | Director | 2010-09-27 | Jul 1967 | British |
| PABST, Henrik | Director | 2022-07-06 | Feb 1975 | German |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEANEY, Nigel John | Secretary | — | 1993-06-30 |
| DOVER, Stephen John | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2005-09-30 |
| GREGSON, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 1996-12-06 | 2004-06-30 |
| HAMPSON, Heather Mary, Ms. | Secretary | 2006-12-20 | 2012-03-21 |
| HOOLAHAN, Catriona Jane | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 1996-12-06 |
| OAKES, Janet Christine | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-12-20 |
| ROBB-JOHN, Anthony | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 1995-09-01 |
| SMITH, Paul Adrian | Secretary | 1995-09-01 | 1996-01-01 |
| BAKER, James Richard | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2020-10-07 |
| BEANEY, Nigel John | Director | 1992-01-17 | 1995-06-01 |
| DENTON, Joel Edward | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2012-12-31 |
| DOVER, Stephen | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2012-02-27 |
| DOVER, Stephen John | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2005-09-30 |
| FROUMAN, Jan David | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2018-11-19 |
| GREGSON, Sarah Jane | Director | 1996-12-06 | 2004-06-30 |
| HAMPSON, Heather Mary | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2021-01-28 |
| HOBBS, Alexandra | Director | 2004-08-09 | 2006-09-11 |
| HOOLAHAN, Catriona Jane | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-12-06 |
| HOPKINS, Mark Julian | Director | — | 2005-08-11 |
| HUTCHINSON, Colman Joseph | Director | 1999-05-06 | 2006-09-30 |
| OAKES, Janet Christine | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| PATTISON, Damon Christopher | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2006-08-08 |
| PHILLIPS, Nicholas John | Director | 1992-02-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| REESE, Raimo Roman Heinrich | Director | 2020-10-07 | 2022-06-30 |
| ROBB-JOHN, Anthony | Director | 1992-09-07 | 1995-09-01 |
| SMITH, Paul Adrian | Director | — | 2006-12-20 |
| SPRINGFORD, Stephen Mark | Director | 1991-08-09 | 2004-04-02 |
| WHITEHILL, Michael William | Director | 2000-03-13 | 2002-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lhb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-11.1%
£46,308,785 £41,175,659
-
Cash
+40.1%
£5,975,865 £8,371,813
-
Net assets
+9.4%
£6,572,779 £7,193,665
-
Employees
-24.4%
172 130
-
Operating profit
-28.2%
£2,281,875 £1,639,173
-
Profit before tax
-28.9%
£2,281,261 £1,620,886
-
Wages
0%
£7,869,435 £7,868,757
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