SONY PICTURES TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-02 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£47M
+1,084.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£158M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
+366.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SONY PICTURES TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK LIMITED 2002-09-09 → present
- COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK LIMITED 1999-08-10 → 2002-09-09
- GOLDEN SQUARE PICTURES LIMITED 1996-08-09 → 1999-08-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,020,000 | -£1,148,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,463,000 | £9,220,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,332,000 | £9,911,000 | |
| Cash | £3,983,000 | £47,172,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £157,572,000 | £159,861,000 | |
| Net assets | £147,852,000 | £157,763,000 | |
| Equity | £147,852,000 | £157,763,000 | |
| 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 | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.3% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -0.27x | -0.20x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is funded primarily through intercompany funding arrangements, which are due to be renewed in June 2026, and accordingly, the directors have concluded that the Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on continued group support. The ultimate parent company, Sony Group Corporation, has confirmed in writing that it will continue to support the Company for the foreseeable future, and the directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SONY PICTURES TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK LIMITED · parent
- Left Bank Pictures Limited 100%
- Left Bank Media Limited 100%
- Whisper Films Limited 30%
- Eleven Film Limited 60%
- Bad Wolf Ltd 68.6%
- Stolen Picture Ltd 100%
- Black Cab SPV Ltd 100%
- Eleventh Hour Films Limited 75%
Significant events
- “On 28th June 2024, the company acquired an additional 48.5% of shares in Eleventh Hour Films Limited.”
- “The company also purchased the remaining shares in Left Bank Pictures Limited, increasing its ownership to 100%.”
- “In September 2025, the company transferred its shareholding in Whisper Films Limited to its parent, Columbia Corporation Limited.”
- “In February 2026, Sony Pictures Television Production Limited purchased the remaining shares in Eleven Film Limited, increasing its ownership of the subsidiary to 100%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPGOOD, Darren Nigel | Secretary | 2015-04-15 | — | — |
| FORRESTER, Mark Roy | Director | 2016-01-22 | Apr 1976 | British |
| GARVIE, Wayne Fernley, Dr | Director | 2017-12-13 | Sep 1963 | British |
| HOPGOOD, Darren Nigel | Director | 2015-03-11 | Dec 1977 | British |
| JUSTICE, Matthew George, Mr. | Director | 2023-10-16 | Nov 1965 | British |
| TEAGUE, David Llewelyn | Director | 2022-02-09 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE, Alan George | Secretary | 2005-08-19 | 2015-04-15 |
| GILL, Sukhjeet Kaur | Secretary | 2001-08-28 | 2005-08-19 |
| HALAMA, Mark Antoni | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 1999-11-26 |
| RYAN, Paul Antony | Secretary | 1999-11-26 | 2001-08-24 |
| MH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-02 |
| AGER, Richard Warren | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2023-03-07 |
| BINGHAM, Nicholas | Director | 1996-12-02 | 1997-11-28 |
| BOONE, Gregory Kay | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2018-03-30 |
| CASTLE, Alan George | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2015-04-15 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Donna Grandy | Director | 2012-05-04 | 2016-01-22 |
| FERMAN SMITH, Carrie Beth | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2019-12-11 |
| GLYNN, Victor Michael Paul | Director | 1996-12-02 | 1999-06-30 |
| KAPLAN, Andrew Jay | Director | 1997-09-27 | 2000-04-28 |
| KENT, Steven | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2011-06-22 |
| LYNCH, Cheryl Buysse | Director | 2018-03-30 | 2026-04-29 |
| MCGAUGHEY, Laura | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2022-01-12 |
| MCMAHON, John Barry, Mr. | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2010-01-05 |
| PARSONS, Richard John | Director | 2014-11-07 | 2023-07-20 |
| PRINZ ZU SALM-SALM, Ludwig | Director | 1997-01-13 | 2000-04-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Antony Brian | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2009-05-29 |
| ROOT, Antony Howard | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2009-12-22 |
| TIELENS, Jeroen Francis | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2012-03-27 |
| MH DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1996-08-09 | 1996-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-28 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+1,084.3%
£3,983,000 £47,172,000
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£147,852,000 £157,763,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+43.2%
-£2,020,000 -£1,148,000
-
Profit before tax
+366.2%
-£3,463,000 £9,220,000
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