DREAMWORKS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-26 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-47.6% vs 2023
Employees
8
-11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+267.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- DREAMWORKS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2015-04-18 → present
- CLASSIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2009-04-23 → 2015-04-18
- ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2000-01-25 → 2009-04-23
- SKD MEDIA LIMITED 1999-12-15 → 2000-01-25
- ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS LIMITED 1991-07-04 → 1999-12-15
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 | £2,403,000 | £4,763,000 | |
| Operating profit | £465,000 | £2,577,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £824,000 | £3,026,000 | |
| Net profit | £970,000 | £3,044,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,164,000 | £4,274,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,164,000 | £4,274,000 | |
| Equity | £8,164,000 | £4,274,000 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 8 | |
| Wages | £1,235,000 | £1,458,000 |
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 | 19.4% | 54.1% | |
| Net margin | 40.4% | 63.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 60.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.11x | 3.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | 644.25x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing, with net assets of £4,274,000, and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover has significantly increased during the year as a result of higher performance of library titles driven by consumer product revenue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOEKSTRA, Jasper | Director | 2018-06-07 | Jun 1971 | Dutch |
| LOWE, Nicholas William | Director | 2009-09-30 | May 1969 | British |
| NASH, Stephen Alan | Director | 2022-07-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2008-12-08 | 2011-09-05 |
| FISHMAN, Irvin | Secretary | 1991-07-08 | 1992-07-05 |
| FISHMAN, Irvin | Secretary | — | 2008-12-08 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Secretary | 2017-02-27 | 2020-11-30 |
| A&H REGISTRARS & SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1991-07-04 | 1991-07-08 |
| ASHWORTH, Paul Richard | Director | 2008-08-15 | 2011-09-05 |
| BEESLEY, Jason Jon | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2018-05-24 |
| CANNING, Oliver | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2020-03-03 |
| ELLENBOGEN, Eric | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2018-06-08 |
| ENGELMAN, John | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-11-12 |
| FARNATH, Jeffrey Dodd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-03-22 |
| FARNATH, Jeffrey Dodd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| FISHMAN, Irvin | Director | 1993-08-03 | 2008-10-31 |
| GAINES, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2008-08-15 |
| HEAP, Michael Vernon | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2008-03-18 |
| HEMMINGS, Craig John | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2005-10-05 |
| KENNEDY, Jeremy | Director | 1991-07-04 | 1991-07-08 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2009-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Nicholas James Turner | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2008-12-05 |
| POWELL, Martin Jonathan | Director | 1991-07-04 | 1999-03-31 |
| SCHRAGER-POWELL, Vivien Joy | Director | 1991-07-04 | 1999-03-31 |
| SMITH, Jane Mary | Director | 1999-12-17 | 2008-12-08 |
| VAN DEN BERG, Chloe Annabel | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2024-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-31 | Active |
| Classic Media Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-12-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-15 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+98.2%
£2,403,000 £4,763,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-47.6%
£8,164,000 £4,274,000
-
Employees
-11.1%
9 8
-
Operating profit
+454.2%
£465,000 £2,577,000
-
Profit before tax
+267.2%
£824,000 £3,026,000
-
Wages
+18.1%
£1,235,000 £1,458,000
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