IMDB SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
Cash
£48
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+31.2% vs 2023
Employees
64
-13.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+43.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IMDB SERVICES LIMITED 2001-12-11 → present
- INTERCEDE 1754 LIMITED 2001-11-05 → 2001-12-11
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 | £14,196,494 | £12,442,883 | |
| Operating profit | £801,894 | £1,092,942 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,268,383 | £1,825,486 | |
| Net profit | £856,256 | £1,755,026 | |
| Cash | £48 | £48 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,466,260 | £18,959,291 | |
| Net assets | £14,312,016 | £18,779,263 | |
| Equity | £14,312,016 | £18,779,263 | |
| Average employees | 74 | 64 | |
| Wages | £7,915,235 | £6,473,449 |
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 | 5.6% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 20.56x | 28.65x | |
| Interest cover | 688.91x | 731.06x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue as an operational business for the foreseeable future, being twelve months from the approval of the financial statements (until the end of February 2026, being the going concern period). This period is deemed appropriate due to the nature of the principal activities of the business and Amazon.com, Inc.'s ongoing commitment and proven ability to support the Company's operations. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2024, the immediate parent company changed from Internet Movie Database Limited, a company which is incorporated in England and Wales, to Internet Movie Database LLC, a company which is incorporated in the United States of America.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Anna Elisabeth | Director | 2023-06-14 | Jun 1980 | British |
| LAMBERT, Laura Emily | Director | 2026-04-30 | Apr 1981 | British |
| NEEDHAM, Colin Jeffrey | Director | 2001-12-27 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Vincent | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2011-01-31 |
| MELVILLE, David Charles | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2008-04-01 |
| MILLER, Michael | Secretary | 2001-12-27 | 2006-01-10 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-02-03 | 2024-07-15 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-05 | 2001-12-27 |
| ANDREWS, Phaedra Ann | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2026-04-29 |
| DEAL, Michael David | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2015-02-13 |
| HOWLEY, Simon James | Director | 2001-11-05 | 2001-12-27 |
| MACKENZIE, Robert Mario | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2018-03-05 |
| MCBRIDE, Brian James | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2011-02-17 |
| MCWILLIAM, Robert Gerard | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| MINSHULL BEECH, Amanda Jane | Director | 2001-12-27 | 2007-05-31 |
| NORTH, Christopher Corson | Director | 2011-02-17 | 2015-05-01 |
| RICH, Michael William | Nominee Director | 2001-11-05 | 2001-12-27 |
| SIMPSON, Alexander Daniel Keeler | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2023-06-01 |
| STONE, John Bradford | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2019-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-01 | Active |
| Internet Movie Database Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-12.4%
£14,196,494 £12,442,883
-
Cash
0%
£48 £48
-
Net assets
+31.2%
£14,312,016 £18,779,263
-
Employees
-13.5%
74 64
-
Operating profit
+36.3%
£801,894 £1,092,942
-
Profit before tax
+43.9%
£1,268,383 £1,825,486
-
Wages
-18.2%
£7,915,235 £6,473,449
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