STUDIOCANAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-08
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£135K
+0.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+1.8% vs 2023
Employees
57
+11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£104K
+104.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-08.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- STUDIOCANAL LIMITED 2011-09-01 → present
- OPTIMUM RELEASING LIMITED 1999-05-18 → 2011-09-01
- TIDALGATE 2000 LIMITED 1998-10-09 → 1999-05-18
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 | £26,519,000 | £58,417,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,709,000 | -£309,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,221,000 | £104,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,704,000 | £141,000 | |
| Cash | £134,000 | £135,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,235,000 | £8,814,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,752,000 | £7,893,000 | |
| Equity | £7,752,000 | £7,893,000 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 57 | |
| Wages | £3,880,000 | £4,323,000 |
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 | -6.4% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | -6.4% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.5% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.9% | 80.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -2.82x | -0.38x |
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
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- STUDIOCANAL LIMITED · parent
- Elevation Sales Limited 0.5%
Significant events
- “In August 2024, the company received a claim for discrimination from an ex-employee. The claim is expected to be resolved in 2026. The company has been advised by counsel that it is possible, but not probable, that the action will succeed and thus no provision for any liability has been made in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GABBAY, Jeremy | Director | 2018-10-15 | Dec 1983 | French |
| SHEEHAN, Matthew John | Director | 2018-10-15 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WALLINGTON, Katheryn Sarah | Director | 2025-10-15 | Dec 1976 | British,Australian |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCHRAN, Gerald Charles | Secretary | 1998-10-20 | 2002-10-18 |
| LEGRAND, Sandrine | Secretary | 2006-07-06 | 2012-07-11 |
| TUBBS, Daniel Hayden | Secretary | 2002-10-18 | 2012-07-11 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-20 |
| ARNOULD, Sylvie | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2016-09-30 |
| BUET, Rodolphe | Director | 2008-01-15 | 2012-07-11 |
| CLARKE, William James | Director | 1999-05-07 | 2012-07-11 |
| COURSON, Olivier | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2015-10-01 |
| DE VERGES, Guillaume | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2012-07-11 |
| DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2018-10-15 |
| FAUX, Fabrice | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2007-04-19 |
| FORDE, James | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2019-10-01 |
| GOODMAN, Nathan David | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2021-04-22 |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2025-10-15 |
| HIGGINS, Paul James | Director | 1998-10-20 | 2012-07-11 |
| LUPFER, Didier | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| MARSH, Anna Louise | Director | 2024-03-05 | 2024-05-30 |
| MARSH, Anna Louise | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2020-05-27 |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2018-01-26 |
| PERKINS, Daniel Kenneth | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2018-10-01 |
| SAADA, Maxime | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2008-01-15 |
| SHINDLER, Nicola | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-05-27 |
| SICHLER, Frederic | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studiocanal Holding Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-07 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+120.3%
£26,519,000 £58,417,000
-
Cash
+0.7%
£134,000 £135,000
-
Net assets
+1.8%
£7,752,000 £7,893,000
-
Employees
+11.8%
51 57
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Operating profit
+81.9%
-£1,709,000 -£309,000
-
Profit before tax
+104.7%
-£2,221,000 £104,000
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Wages
+11.4%
£3,880,000 £4,323,000
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