UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES

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Confirmation statement due

2026-06-11 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£19M

+26% vs 2023

Net assets

£13M

+2.5% vs 2023

Employees

209

-2.8% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£9M

-12.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES 1983-12-12 → present
MATTERIGHT 1982-12-03 → 1983-12-12

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£184,713,121	£146,500,371
Operating profit	£10,805,782	£7,473,684
Profit before tax	£10,378,799	£9,071,164
Net profit	£8,223,128	£7,015,567
Cash	£14,914,752	£18,797,628
Total assets less current liabilities	£13,814,678	£13,269,088
Net assets	£12,211,268	£12,521,127
Equity	£12,211,268	£12,521,127
Average employees	215	209
Wages	£9,779,837	£10,587,102

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	5.9%	5.1%
Net margin	4.5%	4.8%
Return on capital employed	78.2%	56.3%
Current ratio	1.50x	1.14x
Interest cover	—	96.02x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“UIP believes it is fully able to continue operating and meet all its obligations as they fall due and is a going concern until 31 August 2026. This is primarily due to: The Group structure and funding: UIP is an unlimited company jointly owned by Universal and Paramount. The Shareholders' Agreement provides a legally binding obligation that supports UIP's ability to meet its obligations as they fall due.”

Group structure

UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES · parent
1. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES S DE RL 100% · Argentina · film distribution
2. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES LTDA 100% · Colombia · film distribution
3. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES APS 100% · Denmark · film distribution
4. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES EPE** 100% · Greece · film distribution
5. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (FAR EAST) 100% · Hong Kong · film distribution
6. UIP-DANUBE INTERNATIONAL PICTURES LTD. 100% · Hungary · film distribution
7. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (SDN) 100% · Malaysia · film distribution
8. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES A/S 100% · Norway · film distribution
9. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES OF PANAMA, INC. 100% · Panama · film distribution
10. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES S.R.L. 100% · Peru · film distribution
11. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES - SP. Z.O.O. 100% · Poland · film distribution
12. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (PTE) 100% · Singapore · film distribution
13. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (SOUTH AFRICA) 100% · South Africa · film distribution
14. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES AB 100% · Sweden · film distribution
15. UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES FILMCILIK VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI 100% · Turkey · film distribution
16. UIP (UK) LIMITED 100% · UK · film distribution

Significant events

“The year 2024 was a transitional year for UIP, with the expected slate of film releases driving the anticipated decrease in turnover. There were some impacts on the slate from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MORTIMER, Stephen James	Secretary	2015-08-26	—	—
AVINA, Jose	Director	2025-06-10	Nov 1978	American
BULLOCK, David, Mr.	Director	2018-05-31	Sep 1964	British
SHAH, Hetal Ramesh	Director	2021-07-01	Oct 1979	British
PARAMOUNT PICTURES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	Corporate Director	2016-12-22	—	—
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED	Corporate Director	2016-12-22	—	—

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BISKIN, Melis	Secretary	2007-08-21	2014-05-14
BULLOCK, David	Secretary	1999-12-01	2007-01-01
CHAN, Kitty	Secretary	1992-05-07	1999-11-30
COLEMAN, Hayley Alison	Secretary	2014-05-22	2015-04-23
GRAHAM, Danielle Francoise	Secretary	2015-04-23	2015-08-26
HUNT, Abigail Jill	Secretary	2007-01-01	2007-08-21
SEABROOKE, Eve	Secretary	1992-05-07	1993-08-01
BADAGLIACCA, Mark, Mr.	Director	2018-05-31	2019-11-14
HORGAN, John	Director	2008-10-01	2008-12-31
KOSTER, Marjolein, Ms.	Director	2017-05-31	2018-05-31
OARTON, Tristan Raymond	Director	2019-02-27	2021-07-01
POR, Eileen	Director	2009-01-01	2017-05-31
RATHOUSE, Brigit	Director	2020-06-15	2025-06-10
STROUD, David Alan, Mr.	Director	2018-05-31	2019-02-27
I F H INTERNATIONAL FILM HOLDING B V	Corporate Director	—	2016-12-22
UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES B V	Corporate Director	—	2016-12-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Paramount Pictures International Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-12-22	Active
Universal Studios Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-12-22	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2024-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
2022-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2022-10-06 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-06-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-06-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-31	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-12-31	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-08-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-06	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2022-10-06	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2022-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-07-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-07-14	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-07-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-09-03	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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

-20.7%

£184,713,121 £146,500,371
Cash

+26%

£14,914,752 £18,797,628
Net assets

+2.5%

£12,211,268 £12,521,127
Employees

-2.8%

215 209
Operating profit

-30.8%

£10,805,782 £7,473,684
Profit before tax

-12.6%

£10,378,799 £9,071,164
Wages

+8.3%

£9,779,837 £10,587,102

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

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