STUDIOCANAL FILMS LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-13 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-29

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£14M

+19,179.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£34M

-7% vs 2023

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£3M

-181.6% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

STUDIOCANAL FILMS LTD 2012-05-17 → present
CANAL + IMAGE UK LIMITED 1997-10-03 → 2012-05-17
UGC UK LIMITED 1996-05-30 → 1997-10-03
LUMIERE PICTURES LIMITED 1993-05-19 → 1996-05-30
MOVIE ACQUISITION CORPORATION LIMITED 1991-11-29 → 1993-05-19

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

STUDIOCANAL FILMS LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£7,922,863	£51,066,230
Operating profit	£3,852,582	£1,939,781
Profit before tax	£3,203,809	-£2,615,128
Net profit	£2,450,679	-£2,547,733
Cash	£70,635	£13,618,177
Total assets less current liabilities	£36,433,814	£33,886,081
Net assets	£36,433,814	£33,886,081
Equity	£36,433,814	£33,886,081
Average employees	—	—
Wages	—	—

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	48.6%	3.8%
Net margin	30.9%	-5.0%
Return on capital employed	10.6%	5.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	0.0%	0.0%
Current ratio	0.05x	0.41x
Interest cover	2.71x	0.42x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Constantin
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“No material uncertainties that cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern have been identified by the directors. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

STUDIOCANAL FILMS LTD · parent
1. PRESSURE POINT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
2. HUNTINGTON PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
3. SPIDER PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
4. PROJECT TIME PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
5. SPACE FUNGUS PRODUCTION LIMITED · UK
6. NACHOS AND WONTONS · UK
7. BAGHEAD MOVIE LIMITED · UK
8. NEW LOVE PRODUCTIONS LTD · UK
9. NEXT PRODUCTIONS LTD · UK
10. LOUIS WAIN PRODUCTIONS LTD · UK
11. GUNPOWDER PRODUCTIONS LTD · UK
12. CRESCENT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
13. LENNOX PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
14. RETRIBUTION MOVIE LIMITED · UK
15. STONE MATTRESS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
16. GUERNSEY PRODUCTION LTD · UK
17. COMMUTER PRODUCTIONS LTD · UK
18. DEEP WATER PRODUCTIONS LTD 1% · UK
19. BACK PACK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · UK
20. MARMALADE FILMS LIMITED 1% · UK
21. STARCROSSED FILMS LIMITED · UK

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

People

3 active · 32 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas	Director	2023-04-17	Aug 1966	British
MARSH, Anna Louise	Director	2019-11-20	Apr 1979	New Zealander
SHEEHAN, Matthew John	Director	2019-10-01	Nov 1972	British

Show 32 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ARNOULD, Sylvie	Secretary	2018-11-22	2023-09-29
CORNUT, Corinne	Secretary	2001-02-26	2003-09-03
LEACH, Frank	Secretary	—	1995-06-01
LEGRAND, Sandrine	Secretary	2003-09-03	2018-11-22
ZAMPARINI, Catherine	Secretary	1998-01-31	2001-01-31
MEDIA LAW PARTNERS LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1995-06-01	1998-01-31
ADAIR, David Anthony John	Director	—	1995-03-27
ARNOULD, Sylvie	Director	2012-07-12	2023-09-29
BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis	Director	2007-04-19	2016-09-30
BINET, Patrick Antoine	Director	1996-02-15	1997-05-06
BRETHES, Didier	Director	—	1993-12-14
CAZES, Jean Michel	Director	—	1996-05-08
CORNUT, Corinne	Director	2001-10-24	2003-09-03
DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie	Director	2016-09-30	2018-10-15
DURA, Jean Marie	Director	1996-11-28	1997-07-01
FAUX, Fabrice, Mousieur	Director	2005-04-22	2007-04-19
FLOQUET, Severine	Director	1998-12-01	2003-09-03
GABBAY, Jeremy	Director	2018-10-15	2023-09-29
GEOFFROY, Philippe Henri Marie	Director	1993-12-14	1996-06-21
HULLEY, Mark	Director	1995-08-01	1996-06-30
KAMP, Ralph Michael	Director	1993-12-14	1995-06-23
LEGRAND, Sandrine	Director	2003-09-03	2018-11-22
MACCIONI, Brigitte	Director	1996-02-15	1997-05-23
MARCHAL, Corinne	Director	1997-12-08	1998-12-01
MIGRAINE, Sophie	Director	2003-09-03	2005-04-22
SCHLUCK, Thierry	Director	1997-03-06	1998-03-31
SHEEHAN, Matthew John, Director	Director	2015-10-08	2015-11-09
SICHLER, Frederic	Director	2007-04-19	2007-12-31
SUSSFIELD, Alain	Director	1996-01-23	1997-01-27
SUTCLIFFE, John Adam	Director	1995-08-01	1996-03-22
WADDELL, Alasdair Duncan	Director	—	1993-06-14
ZAMPARINI, Catherine	Director	1997-10-01	2001-10-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Canal+ Sa	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-12-13	Active
Vivendi Se	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-09-30	Ceased 2024-12-13

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 221 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-07	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-03-07	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-11-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-05	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-03-05	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-12-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-13	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-08-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-06	AD03	address	Move registers to sail company with new address	PDF
2023-07-05	AD02	address	Change sail address company with new address	PDF
2023-04-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-18	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+544.5%

£7,922,863 £51,066,230
Cash

+19,179.6%

£70,635 £13,618,177
Net assets

-7%

£36,433,814 £33,886,081
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

-49.6%

£3,852,582 £1,939,781
Profit before tax

-181.6%

£3,203,809 -£2,615,128

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

Official Companies House page