TECHNICOLOR VIDEO SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36M
Equity attributable
Employees
119
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company has stopped trading and transferred its trade and assets to another group company, Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions UK Ltd. As result, the company no longer has any ongoing business activities or sources of operating income. Its activities are now limited to servicing the Pension Fund to which the company is a participant. The Shareholders have decided to dissolve the Company as soon as the Pension Fund liabilities are settled. As, consequence, the financial statements have been prepared on other than going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- TECHNICOLOR VIDEO SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1992-10-26 → present
- TECHNICOLOR VIDEOCASSETTE (UK) LIMITED 1990-11-08 → 1992-10-26
- TAPETECH LIMITED 1986-06-30 → 1990-11-08
- MATAHARI 109 LIMITED 1986-05-21 → 1986-06-30
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 | £16,052,000 | £10,413,000 | |
| Operating profit | £70,000 | -£979,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,423,000 | £2,774,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,423,000 | £2,774,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,145,000 | £36,013,000 | |
| Net assets | £33,950,000 | £36,048,000 | |
| Equity | £33,950,000 | £36,048,000 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 119 | |
| Wages | £4,040,000 | £3,377,000 |
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 | 0.4% | -9.4% | |
| Net margin | 21.3% | 26.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 8.53x | 140.59x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has stopped trading and transferred its trade and assets to another group company, Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions UK Ltd. As result, the company no longer has any ongoing business activities or sources of operating income. Its activities are now limited to servicing the Pension Fund to which the company is a participant. The Shareholders have decided to dissolve the Company as soon as the Pension Fund liabilities are settled. As, consequence, the financial statements have been prepared on other than going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 29 November 2024, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (APA) with Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions UK Ltd (VSCSUK), resulting in the transfer of the Company's employees, contracts and related assets and liabilities to VSCSUK in exchange for shares in VSCSUK.”
- “As of this date, the Company ceased operations, and its activities are limited to servicing the Pension Funds that the Company is a participant to. Shares in VSCSUK were subsequently sold to Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions Inc.”
- “The Company, after concluding the APA no longer plans to conduct any operations. Its activities are limited to servicing the Pension Fund, and shareholders decided to dissolve the Company as soon as the Pension Fund liabilities are settled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDOCK, Philip Charles | Director | 2025-03-21 | Aug 1975 | American |
| IHLEN, Lars | Director | 2025-03-21 | Mar 1975 | Norwegian |
| ZAMBRANO, Daniel Strock | Director | 2025-03-21 | Aug 1984 | American |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDOO, David | Secretary | — | 2001-03-16 |
| ANDRAU, Philippe | Secretary | 2011-11-18 | 2013-04-04 |
| CAMPBELL, Paula Caroline Jane | Secretary | 2021-11-24 | 2022-09-30 |
| GUELOT, Sophie | Secretary | 2001-03-17 | 2003-11-24 |
| JAIS, Carole Yvonne Marcelle | Secretary | 2008-11-04 | 2011-01-31 |
| LE MENAHEZE, Sophie Ida Jacqueline | Secretary | 2013-04-04 | 2021-09-15 |
| LEMAIRE, Geraldine Anne | Secretary | 2004-02-12 | 2008-10-24 |
| ROSS, Aaron Wolfe | Secretary | 2011-01-31 | 2011-11-18 |
| ABDOO, David | Director | — | 2001-03-16 |
| BRUEL, Didier | Director | 2012-05-25 | 2017-03-21 |
| BRYSON, Robin Adrian | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| CRAGG, Bernard Anthony | Director | — | 1999-02-11 |
| EDELMAN, Keith Graeme | Director | — | 1993-06-29 |
| FOSSETT, Roy Charles | Director | — | 2020-04-15 |
| GRAY, Richard Damian | Director | — | 2001-06-15 |
| HIBBINS, Simon Marshall | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| KIDWELL, James Richard De Villeneuve | Director | 2000-04-19 | 2001-03-16 |
| KRAWCZYK, Rafal Grzegorz | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2025-03-21 |
| MCPHERSON, Andrew | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| O'REILLY, David John | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2020-07-31 |
| PATERSON, Neill Peter James | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2025-03-21 |
| ROGERS, John | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1998-06-23 |
| ROLLASON, William Peter | Director | 1999-02-11 | 1999-12-10 |
| SWEET, Robert Andrew Inglis | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2012-05-25 |
| THOMAS, Christopher | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2019-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantiva Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Technicolor Videocassette Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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