ACAMAR FILMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-56.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-113.4% vs 2023
Employees
87
-8.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£9M
-25.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ACAMAR FILMS LIMITED 2004-03-17 → present
- ACAMAR ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 2002-03-20 → 2004-03-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,102,108 | £5,169,045 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,098,686 | -£7,889,640 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,058,593 | -£8,829,608 | |
| Net profit | -£6,346,244 | -£8,110,868 | |
| Cash | £2,475,252 | £1,067,452 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,271,731 | £20,831,872 | |
| Net assets | -£1,283,493 | -£2,739,342 | |
| Equity | -£1,283,493 | -£2,739,342 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 87 | |
| Wages | £7,364,980 | £6,205,221 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -85.9% | -152.6% | |
| Net margin | -89.4% | -156.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -33.4% | -37.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 105.1% | 110.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | -6.35x | -8.39x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have reasonable expectation that there will be adequate resources for the Group to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ACAMAR FILMS LIMITED · parent
- Bing Bunny Productions Limited 100%
- Bing Bunny Productions 2 Limited 100%
- Bing Bunny Productions 3 Limited 100%
- Bing Bunny Collections Limited 100%
- Acamar MTN Collections Limited 100%
- Acamar Collections Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end and in line with expectations, the Group has issued a further £200,000 in new loan notes, with no further refinancing of existing loan notes. Further, the Group has issued 101,693 B Growth Investor Premium NV shares at £610,158 and 64,753 B Investor Premium NV shares at £388,518.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-05-06 | — | — |
| BACK, Terence Alan James | Director | 2014-10-09 | Mar 1953 | British |
| BAZALGETTE, Peter Lytton, Sir | Director | 2023-06-29 | May 1953 | British |
| BRIERWOOD, David Campbell | Director | 2022-11-29 | Nov 1960 | British |
| MCKIRGAN, Frank William | Director | 2007-10-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| RICKETTS, Timothy Walker | Director | 2025-12-19 | Apr 1964 | British |
| SHIELDS, Mikael | Director | 2002-03-20 | Dec 1961 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROUSE & CO COMPANY SECRETARIAL LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2005-05-06 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-20 |
| ARNOLD-BAKER, Charles James | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2014-02-28 |
| BERGKVIST, Philip Anders | Director | 2002-03-20 | 2012-10-12 |
| EDEY, David | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2014-04-29 |
| FITZJOHN, Julie | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2025-03-05 |
| NEWMARK, Jason Avi | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2013-02-13 |
| VAUTHIER-CELLIER, Sandra, Ms. | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2022-11-29 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Serafin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-21 |
| Mikael Shields | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 10
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-27.2%
£7,102,108 £5,169,045
-
Cash
-56.9%
£2,475,252 £1,067,452
-
Net assets
-113.4%
-£1,283,493 -£2,739,342
-
Employees
-8.4%
95 87
-
Operating profit
-29.4%
-£6,098,686 -£7,889,640
-
Profit before tax
-25.1%
-£7,058,593 -£8,829,608
-
Wages
-15.7%
£7,364,980 £6,205,221
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