BBC STUDIOWORKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
-4.3% vs 2024
Employees
121
-14.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+168.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BBC STUDIOWORKS LIMITED 2016-04-07 → present
- BBC STUDIOS AND POST PRODUCTION LIMITED 2009-03-30 → 2016-04-07
- BBC RESOURCES LIMITED 1998-07-01 → 2009-03-30
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 | £37,240,702 | £42,103,162 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,268,145 | -£2,656,430 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,397,938 | £3,025,261 | |
| Net profit | -£4,919,712 | £2,317,976 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,183,974 | £27,046,322 | |
| Net assets | £15,683,916 | £15,001,892 | |
| Equity | £15,683,916 | £15,001,892 | |
| Average employees | 142 | 121 | |
| Wages | £8,898,335 | £8,446,508 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -11.5% | -6.3% | |
| Net margin | -13.2% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.1% | -9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 65.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -10.40x | -5.53x |
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
- National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“I have concluded that the BBC Studioworks Limited's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The operating loss of £2.6m was affected by the closure of stages 8, 9, D and M, and a challenging spot market. Studios D and M (BBC Elstree) have now been decommissioned following BBC's sale of BBC Elstree to AXA. A settlement agreement was negotiated and paid by Hertsmere Borough Council for the closure of stages 8 and 9 (Elstree Film Studios) due to contamination.”
- “A recent announcement by a major customer stating that it would be departing the Company's London Studio facilities towards the end of the year to March 2026, has led the directors to conclude that the assumptions for the years from 1 April 2026 onwards may not be appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORRIETTE, Anthony | Secretary | 2023-12-12 | — | — |
| FREEMAN, Martyn Edward | Director | 2025-07-08 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MOULTRIE, Andrew David | Director | 2019-09-19 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERMAN, Darren | Secretary | 2010-05-18 | 2013-03-28 |
| EDWARDS, Alison Claire | Secretary | 2009-11-16 | 2010-03-19 |
| ELY, Amy Verity Langford | Secretary | 2008-07-15 | 2009-11-16 |
| KILLICK, Stephen | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | 2008-07-15 |
| NATH, Rakesh | Secretary | 1998-07-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| RANYARD, Peter John | Secretary | 2013-03-28 | 2023-12-12 |
| BRERETON, Paul Dominic | Director | 2003-09-05 | 2005-04-30 |
| BROWN, James Millar | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2002-10-02 |
| CARTER, Paula Helen | Director | 1998-12-21 | 1999-11-26 |
| CHAMBERS, Eileen Therese | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2009-09-11 |
| COCKBURN, Darren Scott | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2017-10-31 |
| COLES, Dominic Peter | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2014-09-01 |
| CONWAY, David Mcpherson | Director | 2011-05-20 | 2019-10-25 |
| CORCORAN, Adrian Melvin | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| CURRIE, Rachel | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-08-27 |
| DANKER, Daniel | Director | 2013-01-03 | 2014-02-05 |
| DAY, Christopher Mark | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2011-05-19 |
| ELDRED, Nicholas John | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2011-10-31 |
| FLYNN, Roger Patrick | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2003-08-27 |
| FUSSELL, Thomas Cyrus | Director | 2019-06-19 | 2025-07-08 |
| GARRIGUE, Olivier Pierre-Yves | Director | 1998-12-21 | 1999-06-30 |
| GREEN, David | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2001-12-31 |
| GRICE, Paul | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2003-05-08 |
| HODGE, Clive Antony Gattey | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2012-09-10 |
| ISHERWOOD, Robert Glyn | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2019-06-19 |
| KILLICK, Stephen | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2008-07-15 |
| KNIGHT, Paul Arthur | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2010-12-23 |
| LIGHTFOOT, John | Director | 1998-12-21 | 1999-07-23 |
| LYNCH, Roderick Robertson | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| MACKEY, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2010-09-30 |
| MALLETT, Anna Celia, Dr | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| MCMAHON HATHWAY, Lesley | Director | 2003-09-05 | 2009-03-31 |
| MURDOCH, Robert Scott | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2001-03-31 |
| NATH, Rakesh | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| NEWBERT, Warren Karl | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2011-04-08 |
| PANDIT, Tanuja | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2009-05-13 |
| PATEL, Zarin Homi | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2009-02-20 |
| PHILIPPS, Richard Nicholas | Director | 2003-09-05 | 2009-03-31 |
| SALMON, Margaret | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-04-30 |
| SMITH, John Barry | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2011-09-01 |
| SOUTHGATE, Michael George | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2008-08-04 |
| TATE, John Richard | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-02-05 |
| THOMAS, Mark | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2012-04-30 |
| TUGWELL, Mark | Director | 2004-01-26 | 2008-04-01 |
| WAINE, Tania Helen | Director | 2003-09-05 | 2005-03-31 |
| YENTOB, Alan | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2014-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbc Commercial Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-11 | Active |
| Bbc Ventures Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13.1%
£37,240,702 £42,103,162
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.3%
£15,683,916 £15,001,892
-
Employees
-14.8%
142 121
-
Operating profit
+37.8%
-£4,268,145 -£2,656,430
-
Profit before tax
+168.8%
-£4,397,938 £3,025,261
-
Wages
-5.1%
£8,898,335 £8,446,508
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