STER CENTURY (UK) LIMITED

1. STER CENTURY (UK) LIMITED 1999-06-03 → present
2. STER-KINEKOR (UK) LIMITED 1997-04-02 → 1999-06-03

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company is reliant on the overall financing support of the wider Vue International Group ("the Group"). The Company has received a letter of support from its parent, Vue Entertainment International Limited ("VEIL"), confirming that it will provide financial support such that the Company is able to operate as a going concern and to settle its liabilities as they fall due for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The disruption to film production caused by the Hollywood strikes of 2023 is expected to have unwound by the end of FY25 and the outlook for FY26 is very positive with Avatar 3, Wicked 2 and Zootropolis 2 all scheduled to be released in December 2025”
• “FY25 has started very strongly with key titles including Wicked, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy all driving significant admissions.”
• “FY24 saw a 2.2% year on year improvement in revenue, with Operating loss of £0.1m exceeding FY23.”
• “The film industry continued to recover post pandemic with UK Box Office for 2024 just 1.4% behind 2023, despite the impact of the actors' and writers' strikes in Hollywood during 2023.”
• “During the financial year the VEIL Group's liquidity position was bolstered by a financial restructuring which was undertaken due to the reduction in film supply caused by the SAG-AFTRA actors strike which halted production for 6 months throughout the second half of 2023. The restructuring completed on 20 February 2024”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.2%

  £33,262,000 → £33,979,000

• Cash

  -19.3%

  £3,146,000 → £2,540,000

• Net assets

  -12.3%

  £19,257,000 → £16,884,000

• Employees

  +5%

  341 → 358

• Operating profit

  -105%

  £2,477,000 → -£123,000

• Profit before tax

  -255.8%

  -£1,123,000 → -£3,996,000

• Wages

  +1%

  £3,764,000 → £3,802,000

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