N.B.D. HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£683K
+12.3% vs 2024
Employees
18
-10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£75K
+104.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,686,042 | £10,377,686 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4,668 | £113,451 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,708,030 | £74,727 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,613,706 | £74,727 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,713,021 | £3,059,246 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £607,917 | £682,644 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £607,917 | £682,644 | |
| Equity | £1,392,133 | £1,392,133 | £607,917 | £682,644 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 20 | 18 | |
| Wages | — | — | £915,116 | £1,003,090 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.1% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -24.1% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 0.8% | 16.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.05x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.30x | 2.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MGR Weston Kay LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- N.B.D. HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- DCD Rights Limited 100%
- September Films Limited 100%
- Rize Television Limited 100%
- DCD Drama Limited 100%
- N.B.D. Pictures Limited 100%
- Prospect Pictures Limited 100%
- Digital Classics Distribution (Two) Limited 100%
- Box TV Limited 100%
- Box Film Limited 100%
- Box TV (Dice) Limited 100%
- Box TV (S&L) Limited 100%
- Box TV (Production) Limited 100%
- Box TV (Prodco) Limited 100%
- Box Film (Boudicca) Limited 100%
- Box TV (In Production) Limited 100%
- Rize Publishing Limited 100%
- Rize International Limited 100%
- September Songs Limited 100%
- Breathtaking Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The N.B.D. Holdings Limited group was acquired by Back Catalogue Distribution Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, on 12 May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYTON, Steven Paul | Director | 2024-08-20 | Sep 1960 | British |
| BACK, Terence Alan James | Director | 2025-05-12 | Mar 1953 | British |
| DAVIES-WILLIAMS, Nicola Beverley | Director | 2024-08-20 | Jul 1954 | British |
| PUGH, Gordon Andrew | Director | 2025-05-12 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYTON, Steven Paul | Secretary | — | 2005-12-16 |
| BOTTOMLEY, John Michael | Secretary | 2005-12-16 | 2012-11-29 |
| SADLER, John Michael | Secretary | 2012-11-29 | 2014-01-23 |
| AYTON, Steven Paul | Director | — | 2024-01-30 |
| BARTON, Michael William | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2008-11-21 |
| CRAVEN, David Charles Mcnae | Director | 2012-11-29 | 2023-08-08 |
| DAVIES-WILLIAMS, Nicola Beverley | Director | — | 2024-01-30 |
| ELSTEIN, David Keith | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2010-10-12 |
| FARQUHARSON, John Forbes | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2023-05-06 |
| GREEN, David Ian Stewart | Director | 2008-06-04 | 2012-11-29 |
| HUNT, Christopher John | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2008-11-21 |
| MCINTOSH, John Joseph | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2011-07-28 |
| MCMYN, Neil Armstrong | Director | 2022-10-04 | 2023-05-06 |
| PIKE, Nicholas John | Director | 2024-08-20 | 2025-05-12 |
| QUINN, Gerald Charles | Director | 2021-12-10 | 2024-08-20 |
| RASTOGI, Abhishek | Director | 2021-12-10 | 2024-08-20 |
| SULLIVAN, Eamon Gerard | Director | 2023-05-06 | 2024-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Catalogue Distribution Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-12 | Active |
| 108 Media Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-12-10 | Ceased 2025-05-12 |
| Dcd Media Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+55.2%
£6,686,042 £10,377,686
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Cash
+12.8%
£2,713,021 £3,059,246
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Net assets
+12.3%
£607,917 £682,644
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Employees
-10%
20 18
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Operating profit
+2,330.4%
£4,668 £113,451
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Profit before tax
+104.4%
-£1,708,030 £74,727
-
Wages
+9.6%
£915,116 £1,003,090
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers