STUDIOCANAL HOLDING UK LIMITED
Get an alert when STUDIOCANAL HOLDING UK LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
-5.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£712K
-18.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£21,990 | -£32,013 | |
| Profit before tax | -£603,350 | -£712,362 | |
| Net profit | -£461,442 | -£712,362 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,511,573 | £12,799,210 | |
| Net assets | £13,511,573 | £12,799,210 | |
| Equity | £13,511,573 | £12,799,210 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.7% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.02x | — | |
| Interest cover | -0.04x | -0.05x |
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 UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding net current liabilities of £11,428,972. 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. As part of the director's assessment, they have received a letter of support from Groupe Canal+ SA the company's intermediate parent company confirming that they will support the company as necessary for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. After making enquiries, the directors are satisfied that Groupe Canal+ SA will be able to provide such financial support as may be necessary and accordingly have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- STUDIOCANAL HOLDING UK LIMITED · parent
- STUDIOCANAL Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There were no events affecting these financial statements after the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOULD, Sylvie | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | — | — |
| GABBAY, Jeremy | Director | 2018-10-15 | Dec 1983 | French |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2021-12-14 | Aug 1966 | British |
| SHEEHAN, Matthew John | Director | 2026-01-02 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGRAND, Sandrine | Secretary | 2006-06-27 | 2018-11-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-06-27 | 2006-06-27 |
| ARNOULD, Sylvie | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2025-12-31 |
| BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2016-09-30 |
| DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2018-10-15 |
| FAUX, Fabrice, Mousieur | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2007-04-19 |
| SICHLER, Frederic | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2007-12-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-06-27 | 2006-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal+ Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-13 | Active |
| Vivendi Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-30 | Ceased 2024-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | 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 | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-09 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-05-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-25 | 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
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-5.3%
£13,511,573 £12,799,210
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-45.6%
-£21,990 -£32,013
-
Profit before tax
-18.1%
-£603,350 -£712,362
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