BILL KENWRIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-04 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£76K
-93% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-18.3% vs 2023
Employees
114
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-6,492.9% vs 2023
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 | £21,743,000 | £19,796,000 | |
| Operating profit | £63,000 | -£3,588,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£56,000 | -£3,692,000 | |
| Net profit | £914,000 | -£1,943,000 | |
| Cash | £1,088,000 | £76,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,140,000 | £8,997,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,607,000 | £8,664,000 | |
| Equity | £10,607,000 | £8,664,000 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 114 | |
| Wages | £3,517,000 | £3,494,000 |
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 | 0.3% | -18.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | -9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | -39.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 0.77x | -33.53x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For these reasons the directors consider that there are no material uncertainties about the company's ability to continue as a going concern and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BILL KENWRIGHT LIMITED · parent
- Bill Kenwright Films Limited 100%
- BK Records Limited 100%
- BK Music Limited 100%
- TheAlbanyClub Limited 100%
- Millou Limited 100%
- Tiggy Films Limited 100%
- Bill Kenwright Studios Limited 100%
- Entertainment Theatres Limited 100%
- Fabian Films Limited 100%
- Beautiful Dreamer Limited 100%
- Family Pictures Limited 100%
- Wilson Keppel & Betty Limited 100%
- BKS NW Limited 100%
- BKS SHP Limited 100%
- BKS HL Limited 100%
- BKS ETR Limited 100%
- BKL Broadway Limited 100%
- Kenwright USA Corp 90%
Significant events
- “Looking forward to 2025, the company continues to expand the brand and global reach of Heathers the Musical, opening in New York in June 2025, and with pre-production work taking place in the final quarter of 2025 for the Australia and New Zealand tour (opens April 2026 in Melbourne).”
- “Since 31 December 2024, the company has sold 50% of the land and buildings, receiving £3.2m, and also has a corporation tax debtor of £1.7m which the company expects to recover in early 2026.”
- “During 2025 the company sold one of its properties for £3.2m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARP, Alan Donald | Secretary | 2006-10-24 | — | British |
| GILBERY, David Elliott | Director | 2023-08-25 | Nov 1987 | British |
| SEAGROVE, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2023-08-25 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SHARP, Alan Donald | Director | 2023-08-25 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Anthony James | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2004-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Ronald Paul | Secretary | — | 1992-06-22 |
| FINNIGAN, Brett Jon | Secretary | 1992-06-22 | 2000-09-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Guy James | Secretary | 2004-08-31 | 2006-10-24 |
| KENWRIGHT, William | Director | — | 2023-10-24 |
| WAGNER, Lucille Juliet | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kenwright Productions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-10-23 | Active |
| Mr William Kenwright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-19 | Ceased 2023-10-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-9%
£21,743,000 £19,796,000
-
Cash
-93%
£1,088,000 £76,000
-
Net assets
-18.3%
£10,607,000 £8,664,000
-
Employees
-5%
120 114
-
Operating profit
-5,795.2%
£63,000 -£3,588,000
-
Profit before tax
-6,492.9%
-£56,000 -£3,692,000
-
Wages
-0.7%
£3,517,000 £3,494,000
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