BILL KENWRIGHT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£989K
-72.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-33.3% vs 2023
Employees
175
+8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-886.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BILL KENWRIGHT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2009-03-17 → present
- FIRMSHARE LIMITED 2008-12-02 → 2009-03-17
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 | £29,079,000 | £30,322,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,838,000 | -£5,014,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£645,000 | -£6,364,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,139,000 | -£3,382,000 | |
| Cash | £3,546,000 | £989,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,915,000 | £7,108,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,157,000 | £6,775,000 | |
| Equity | £10,157,000 | £6,775,000 | |
| Average employees | 161 | 175 | |
| Wages | £4,642,000 | £4,989,000 |
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 | 6.3% | -16.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | -11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.8% | -70.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.37x | |
| Interest cover | 6.32x | -14.37x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 December 2024 the group had net assets of £6,775,000. This included unencumbered land and buildings with a carrying value (based on historical cost) of £9,853,000 and a market value significantly in excess of this figure. Since 31 December 2024 the group has sold 45% of the land and buildings, receiving £3,200,000, and also has received £762,000 of the corporation tax debtor of £3,644,000 with the rest expected to be recovered in 2026. The group also has an overdraft facility at its disposal. For these reasons the directors consider there are no material uncertainties about the group's ability to continue as a going concern and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BILL KENWRIGHT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Bill Kenwright Films Limited 100%
- BK Records Limited 100%
- BK Music Limited 100%
- TheAlbany Club Limited 100%
- Millou Limited 100%
- Tiggy Films Limited 100%
- Bill Kenwright Studios Limited 100%
- Entertainment Theatres Limited 100%
- Fabian Films Limited 100%
- Beautiful Dreamer Limited 100%
- Family Pictures Limited 100%
- Wilson Keppel & Betty Limited 100%
- BKS NW Limited 100%
- BKS SHP Limited 100%
- BKS HL Limited 100%
- BKS ETR Limited 100%
- BKL Broadway Limited 100%
- Kenwright USA Corp 90%
Significant events
- “During 2025 the group sold one of its properties for £3.2m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARP, Alan Donald | Secretary | 2008-12-02 | — | British |
| GILBERY, David Elliott | Director | 2023-08-25 | Nov 1987 | British |
| SEAGROVE, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2023-08-25 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SHARP, Alan Donald | Director | 2023-08-25 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENWRIGHT, William | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2023-10-24 |
| SHARP, Alan Donald | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2008-12-02 |
| STEPHENS, Graham Robertson | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2008-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Donald Sharp | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2026-02-18 | Active |
| Ms Jennifer Ann Seagrove | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2026-02-18 | Active |
| Mr William Kenwright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-19 | Ceased 2026-02-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+4.3%
£29,079,000 £30,322,000
-
Cash
-72.1%
£3,546,000 £989,000
-
Net assets
-33.3%
£10,157,000 £6,775,000
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Employees
+8.7%
161 175
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Operating profit
-372.8%
£1,838,000 -£5,014,000
-
Profit before tax
-886.7%
-£645,000 -£6,364,000
-
Wages
+7.5%
£4,642,000 £4,989,000
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