WILDSTAR FILMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
Equity attributable
Employees
126
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILDSTAR FILMS LIMITED 2019-02-19 → present
- CRAZY APE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2006-11-13 → 2019-02-19
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 | £19,853,229 | £19,887,739 | |
| Operating profit | £1,145,294 | £2,662,844 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,252,283 | £2,806,114 | |
| Net profit | £1,252,283 | £3,269,860 | |
| Cash | £14,978,331 | £14,933,233 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,417,473 | |
| Net assets | £9,442,791 | £9,262,651 | |
| Equity | £9,442,791 | £9,262,651 | |
| Average employees | 150 | 126 | |
| Wages | £4,698,750 | £6,049,884 |
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 | 5.8% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 31.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.7% | 57.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 45.50x | 51.28x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Group structure
- WILDSTAR FILMS LIMITED · parent
- America Films Limited 100%
- Matriarch Films Limited 100%
- Tigerstripe Films Limited 100%
- True Life Films Limited 100%
- Sentient Productions Limited 100%
- Wildspark Films Limited 100%
- Wildshot Games Limited 100%
- Underdogs Films Limited 100%
- Orangutan Films Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period, Wildstar Films Group has won a number of industry awards, including EMMY's for Queens and Animals Up Close plus Wildscreen PANDA and Jackson Wildlife Festival awards for Queens and Tigers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Amelia Gwendola Clifton | Director | 2024-05-13 | Nov 1979 | British |
| LINFIELD, Mark Christian James | Director | 2006-11-13 | Jun 1968 | British |
| LINFIELD, Vanessa Lynn | Director | 2022-11-11 | Jul 1970 | British |
| RICHTER, Jens-Uwe | Director | 2022-11-11 | Nov 1965 | German |
| SCROSATI, Andrea | Director | 2023-05-09 | Jan 1972 | Italian |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Jeremy John Kentish | Secretary | 2011-02-07 | 2018-10-02 |
| LINFIELD, Mark Christian James | Secretary | 2006-11-13 | 2011-02-07 |
| ANDREAE, Simon Edward | Director | 2022-11-11 | 2023-05-09 |
| BERLOWITZ, Vanessa Lynn | Director | 2006-11-13 | 2018-02-19 |
| CHANG, Amanda | Director | 2022-11-11 | 2024-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantlemedia Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-11 | Active |
| Mr Mark Christian James Linfield | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-11-11 | Active |
| Mark Christian James Linfield | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-11 |
| Vanessa Lynn Berlowitz | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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