MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+33.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+23.6% vs 2023
Employees
107
+20.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+12.8% vs 2023
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 2001-09-27 → present
- MPLC (UK) LIMITED 1993-02-16 → 2001-09-27
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 | £33,515,776 | £39,037,099 | |
| Operating profit | £2,725,270 | £3,088,639 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,056,641 | £3,448,542 | |
| Net profit | £2,841,556 | £3,091,690 | |
| Cash | £5,916,315 | £7,879,016 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,526,840 | £13,616,124 | |
| Net assets | £10,552,073 | £13,043,063 | |
| Equity | £10,552,073 | £13,043,063 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 107 | |
| Wages | £4,326,315 | £5,730,846 |
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 | 8.1% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.6% | 22.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 15140.39x | — |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group remains profitable and has strong cash reserves at the balance sheet date. Management have prepared detailed forecasts to December 2026 and... the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Asia) Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Singapore) Pte Ltd 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Denmark A/S 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Magyaroszag Kft 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company International DAC 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Japan, Inc 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Norge AS 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Polska Sp. z.o.o. 50%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company SA (Pty) Ltd 50%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Spain S.L. 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Suomi Oy 100%
- MPLC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd 100%
- MPLC Deutschland GmbH 100%
- MPLC Italia S.r.l 50%
- MPLC Switzerland GmbH 50%
- SAS MPLC France 100%
- VG Schule GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The Group intends to continue new business growth as well as service and support our valued existing clients.”
- “Ordinary dividends declared and paid to non-controlling interests amounted to £200,849 (2023: £161,794).”
- “During April 2024 the group stopped trading with the partner in Malaysia due to regulatory changes within that location.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNLIE, Mark Allan | Director | 2022-03-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SHEDDEN, Rory | Director | 2021-12-16 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANIWALA, Zaffer Fazleabbas Hassanali | Secretary | — | 2020-07-22 |
| BAUER, Harald Paul | Director | — | 2018-12-27 |
| CYFFKA, Peter | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2021-12-16 |
| KUYPER, Peter Walk | Director | — | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER JNR, Peter Walk | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER JR, Peter Walk | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2018-12-27 |
| LAUDICINA, Sal Anthony | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2020-05-05 |
| MARESCA, Julie Sue | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2022-06-30 |
| ROGERS, Louise Anne | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| RYBERG, Hans | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2019-01-06 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenzing Pe I Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-17 | Ceased 2025-12-18 |
| Mplc Investment Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-16 | Ceased 2020-12-01 |
| Sof Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-16 | Ceased 2019-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
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Turnover
+16.5%
£33,515,776 £39,037,099
-
Cash
+33.2%
£5,916,315 £7,879,016
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Net assets
+23.6%
£10,552,073 £13,043,063
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Employees
+20.2%
89 107
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Operating profit
+13.3%
£2,725,270 £3,088,639
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Profit before tax
+12.8%
£3,056,641 £3,448,542
-
Wages
+32.5%
£4,326,315 £5,730,846
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