THE ENTERTAINER (AMERSHAM) LIMITED

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE ENTERTAINER (AMERSHAM) LIMITED 2001-05-01 → present
2. PETER JAMES LIMITED 1986-11-24 → 2001-05-01
3. FUNTECH LIMITED 1986-09-24 → 1986-11-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In forming their conclusion, the directors have reviewed the cashflow forecast for the business for the period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements... the Directors consider that the business has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE ENTERTAINER (AMERSHAM) LIMITED · parent
   1. The Entertainer Limited (formerly TEAL Toys Limited) 100% · UK · Dormant

Significant events

• “Following the Government's Autumn Budget in 2024 and the resulting, unheralded increase in employment costs, The Entertainer sought to offset these by initiating a restructuring of head office activity, in March 2025. This resulted in 41 redundancies and the closure of 15 other roles which were previously open for recruitment. This amounted to total payments of £1.089m.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +29.3%

  £208,360,000 → £269,364,000

• Cash

  -97.5%

  £37,391,000 → £940,000

• Net assets

  -15.9%

  £52,874,000 → £44,473,000

• Employees

  +6.8%

  1,712 → 1,829

• Operating profit

  -195.6%

  £7,733,000 → -£7,391,000

• Profit before tax

  -204.8%

  £7,879,000 → -£8,255,000

• Wages

  +27.7%

  £40,427,000 → £51,614,000

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