UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-13 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-25.6% vs 2023
Employees
134
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-47% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2006-10-31 → present
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SERVICESLIMITED 2003-10-28 → 2006-10-31
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 | £112,236,000 | £94,805,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,939,000 | £1,373,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,058,000 | £1,620,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,783,000 | £1,659,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,102,000 | £3,796,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,102,000 | £3,797,000 | |
| Equity | £5,102,000 | £3,797,000 | |
| Average employees | 136 | 134 | |
| Wages | £15,014,000 | £15,403,000 |
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 | 1.7% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.0% | 36.2% |
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
- Deloitte 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 12 months from the date of signing, with net assets of £3,797,000, and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Universal Consumer Products France SAS 100%
- Universal Consumer Products Germany GmbH 100%
- Universal Consumer Products Iberia, S.L.U. 100%
- Universal Consumer Products Italy SRL 100%
- Universal Pictures (Shanghai) Trading Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, David, Mr. | Director | 2007-03-12 | Sep 1964 | British |
| DUNLAP, Craig Tyler | Director | 2024-03-01 | Sep 1984 | American |
| HIGGINSON, Paul Leonard | Director | 2021-07-09 | Jun 1958 | British |
| SHAH, Hetal Ramesh | Director | 2021-07-09 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Alan Henry | Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2004-11-08 |
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2007-03-12 |
| LI, Helene Yuk Hing | Secretary | 2004-11-08 | 2005-07-01 |
| MANSFIELD, Alison | Secretary | 2007-03-12 | 2021-11-30 |
| PICKERING, Rebecca Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-10-28 | 2003-11-18 |
| BEESLEY, Jason Jon | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2016-05-12 |
| BUFTON, Paul Robert | Director | 2023-03-24 | 2024-02-15 |
| CLARK, Duncan Cameron, Mr. | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2021-06-01 |
| CONN, Rowan Norman | Director | 2005-11-10 | 2013-10-11 |
| HALL, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2005-11-10 |
| HEWLETT, Simon Antony | Director | 2010-10-26 | 2021-07-31 |
| HEWLETT, Simon Antony | Director | 2010-10-26 | 2010-10-26 |
| KIEDAISCH, Howard Gilbert | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2005-03-04 |
| KOSSE, David Alan | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2014-09-26 |
| LOW, Marc Mathew | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2023-03-24 |
| LUMB, Edward Laurence | Director | 2003-10-28 | 2003-11-18 |
| OARTON, Tristan Raymond | Director | 2019-07-30 | 2021-06-30 |
| STROUD, David Alan, Mr. | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2018-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-15.5%
£112,236,000 £94,805,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-25.6%
£5,102,000 £3,797,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
136 134
-
Operating profit
-29.2%
£1,939,000 £1,373,000
-
Profit before tax
-47%
£3,058,000 £1,620,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£15,014,000 £15,403,000
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