RED PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-01-01
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£14K
-52.6% vs 2022
Net assets
£7M
+14.6% vs 2022
Employees
12
-33.3% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£868K
-39.5% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-01-01.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RED PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED 1998-01-21 → present
- NICOLA SHINDLER PRODUCTIONS LTD 1997-12-24 → 1998-01-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,781,833 | £3,759,571 | |
| Operating profit | £1,464,995 | £626,554 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,435,442 | £868,258 | |
| Net profit | £1,435,442 | £868,258 | |
| Cash | £28,890 | £13,694 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,951,988 | £6,820,246 | |
| Net assets | £5,951,988 | £6,820,246 | |
| Equity | £5,951,988 | £6,820,246 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 12 | |
| Wages | £1,490,619 | £1,204,289 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.3% | 16.7% | |
| Net margin | 24.8% | 23.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 6.84x | 10.36x | |
| Interest cover | 17.24x | 60.87x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis, the directors have considered the company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period up to 31 December 2025. ... The directors of Groupe Canal+ have provided written confirmation of their intention to provide financial support... directors continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- RED PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Safe Series Limited 100%
- Trust Me Series Limited 100%
- Come Home Series Limited 100%
- Butterfly Series Limited 100%
- Trust Me 2 Limited 100%
- Years and Years Limited 100%
- The Stranger Series Limited 100%
- Traces Series Limited 100%
- The Boys Series Limited 100%
- Finding Alice Series Limited 100%
- Ridley Road Series Limited 100%
- Stay Close Series Ltd 100%
- No Return Series Ltd 100%
- Traces 2 Limited 100%
- Playing Nice Series Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Revenue decreased by A2.0m for the year ended 31 December 2023.”
- “All productions during the year were produced through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) rather than Red Production Company itself.”
- “The Company is forecast to be profitable but remains dependent on financial support through the cash pooling facility from its parent undertaking, GroupeCanal+.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GABBAY, Jeremy | Director | 2018-10-15 | Dec 1983 | French |
| KENNEDY, Mary-Kathryn | Director | 2025-06-01 | Mar 1975 | American |
| MARSH, Anna Louise | Director | 2019-12-16 | Apr 1979 | New Zealander |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITCHLEY, Andrew Brian | Secretary | 1997-12-24 | 2019-09-30 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-12-24 | 1998-01-27 |
| BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2016-09-30 |
| COURSON, Olivier René Noël | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2015-10-01 |
| DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2018-10-15 |
| DOOLE, Sarah | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2022-05-05 |
| LUPFER, Didier | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| SCHWEITZER, Patrick | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-05-31 |
| SHINDLER, Nicola | Director | 1997-12-24 | 2020-10-02 |
| VERHALLE, Arnaud | Director | 2022-05-05 | 2024-01-31 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-12-24 | 1998-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studiocanal Series Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-02 | Active |
| Ms Nicola Shindler | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-35%
£5,781,833 £3,759,571
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Cash
-52.6%
£28,890 £13,694
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Net assets
+14.6%
£5,951,988 £6,820,246
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Employees
-33.3%
18 12
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Operating profit
-57.2%
£1,464,995 £626,554
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Profit before tax
-39.5%
£1,435,442 £868,258
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Wages
-19.2%
£1,490,619 £1,204,289
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