PARAMOUNT PICTURES SERVICES UK
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Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£132K
+11.6% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16K
+9.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PARAMOUNT PICTURES SERVICES UK 2007-01-02 → present
- UIP SERVICES (UK) 2006-03-14 → 2007-01-02
- DWSCO 2648 LIMITED 2005-10-20 → 2006-03-14
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 | £288,714 | £333,831 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £14,355 | £15,671 | |
| Net profit | £12,087 | £13,721 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,016 | £131,736 | |
| Net assets | £118,016 | £131,736 | |
| Equity | £118,016 | £131,736 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | £185,173 | £226,997 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.2% | 4.1% |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development included in the Directors' report, performance and position are set out in the Strategic report on page 1 to 2. The current assets of the Company exceed the current liabilities as at the balance sheet date. Based on the above, management believes that the entity can pay debts as and when they fall due. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual report and financial statements. The Company has a letter of support in place from its ultimate parent company, Paramount Global, which states that, should it be required, Paramount Global will provide financial support to the Company for additional funding or to enable it to discharge its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Paramount, Skydance Media, LLC ("Skydance") and other parties entered into a definitive transaction agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") pursuant to which Paramount and Skydance will become subsidiaries of a new holding company (the "Skydance Merger"). Concurrent with the execution of the Transaction Agreement, certain affiliates of existing investors of Skydance (the "Skydance Investor Group"), including members of the Ellison family and affiliates of RedBird Capital Partners, entered into an agreement with National Amusements, Inc. ("NAI"), the controlling stockholder of the Company, to purchase all of the outstanding equity interests of NAI (the "NAI Transaction") (together with the Skydance Merger, the "Skydance Transactions"). The Skydance transactions are subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and are expected to close in mid 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-01 | — | — |
| FLETCHER, John Graham | Director | 2016-12-31 | Feb 1966 | British |
| KANHAI, Johnny Nareshdat | Director | 2014-08-01 | Dec 1960 | Dutch |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORTON, Janette | Secretary | 2006-03-15 | 2008-06-03 |
| DWS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-10-20 | 2006-03-15 |
| AFFOURTIT, Rudi | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Ian Michael | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| HEDGES, Christopher Nevin | Director | 2006-03-15 | 2012-01-12 |
| KOSTER, Marjolein | Director | 2006-03-15 | 2007-01-01 |
| MILLER, Lauren Wynne | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-12-30 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Michael John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| SOLOMONS, Philip Alexander | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-02-29 |
| DWS DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2005-10-20 | 2006-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Pictures Uk | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+15.6%
£288,714 £333,831
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£118,016 £131,736
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Profit before tax
+9.2%
£14,355 £15,671
-
Wages
+22.6%
£185,173 £226,997
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