CLIFFORD FRENCH LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
+11% vs 2023
Employees
18
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£393K
-7.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-11.
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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 | £3,989,856 | £2,184,392 | |
| Operating profit | £193,149 | £138,490 | |
| Profit before tax | £424,955 | £393,261 | |
| Net profit | £317,716 | £311,691 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,840,331 | £3,152,022 | |
| Net assets | £2,840,331 | £3,152,022 | |
| Equity | £2,840,331 | £3,152,022 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 18 | |
| Wages | £1,166,993 | £1,201,701 |
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 | 4.8% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 14.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.2% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 3.78x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has been provided with a letter of financial support from a group parent company WME IMG Holding LLC, which confirms it will not request repayment of its current investment in and any current financing provided to the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the Company's 31 December 2024 financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following a review of strategic alternatives, Wildcat EGH Holdco, LP, the subsidiary of Silver Lake Partners, acquired 100% of the outstanding shares it did not already own of the Company's ultimate parent company, Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (EGH), taking the company private in March 2025. As a result of the acquisition, EGH's shares were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, and the company now operates as a privately held entity.”
- “Prior to this transaction, on 28 February 2025 TKO Group Holdings Inc ("TKO") completed an acquisition of various IMG, On Location Events and Professional Bull Riders businesses from its parent company EGH, which required intercompany balances held between the Company and the acquired entities to be settled ahead of the acquisition. An analysis of the intercompany balances in scope for settlement was performed by external advisors who recommended appropriate steps to settle the balances. As a result of this analysis some balances were settled on a gross basis rather than net as was the Company's previous intention. Accordingly, the balance with Trans World International, LLC has been reflected as gross in the balance sheet as at 31 December 2024 with an impact of £673,185.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGGS, Victoria Louise | Director | 2025-07-29 | Nov 1971 | British |
| CONFAIT, Leon Jermaine Anthony | Director | 2025-07-29 | May 1981 | British |
| MLADINEO, Merrill Beth | Director | 2018-07-16 | Dec 1967 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD, James | Secretary | 2008-02-19 | 2018-07-16 |
| CLIFFORD, James | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2018-07-16 |
| COOPER, John Thomas | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2025-07-29 |
| FRENCH, Daniel James | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2018-07-16 |
| HORNE, Edward G | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2025-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Management Group (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-21 | Ceased 2025-12-30 |
| Mr Daniel James French | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2018-06-21 |
| Mr James Clifford | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2018-06-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-45.3%
£3,989,856 £2,184,392
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+11%
£2,840,331 £3,152,022
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Employees
-5.3%
19 18
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Operating profit
-28.3%
£193,149 £138,490
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Profit before tax
-7.5%
£424,955 £393,261
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Wages
+3%
£1,166,993 £1,201,701
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