THE INK FACTORY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£792K
-92.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£23M
-21.8% vs 2023
Employees
21
+23.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-96% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE INK FACTORY LIMITED 2011-05-05 → present
- WHITE HARE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2009-12-10 → 2011-05-05
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 | £14,451,446 | £3,323,944 | |
| Operating profit | £62,268 | -£2,043,736 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,092,661 | -£4,102,298 | |
| Net profit | -£2,092,661 | -£4,102,298 | |
| Cash | £10,864,344 | £791,698 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£14,627,872 | £368,421 | |
| Net assets | -£18,515,938 | -£22,546,331 | |
| Equity | -£18,515,938 | -£22,546,331 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 21 | |
| Wages | £1,535,211 | £2,106,746 |
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 | 0.4% | -61.5% | |
| Net margin | -14.5% | -123.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -554.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 180.8% | 131.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | -1.03x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Due to the extension of the maturity date of the shareholder loan notes and being in production on the second season of The Night Manager, the Group is now in a net current liability position of $1,546,000 at the end of current year which is a significant improvement compared to the net current liability position of $20,398,000 at the end of 2023. As a result, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Group will remain in business for the foreseeable future. Refer to note 2.1 to the financial statements for further detail.”
Group structure
- THE INK FACTORY LIMITED · parent
- The Ink Factory Inc. 100%
- The Night Manager Limited 100%
- The Night Manager Distribution Limited 100%
- MFTK Limited 100%
- MFTK, LLC 100%
- Invisible Ink, LLC 100%
- Ironlast (TNM) Limited 100%
- Tradepass (TNM) Limited 100%
- Ink Factory (FWMF) Limited 100%
- Hotel Artemis Limited 100%
- Hotel Artemis LLC 100%
- Little Drummer Girl Limited 100%
- Little Drummer Girl Distribution Limited 100%
- The Ink Factory (Tobias) Limited 100%
- The Red Line (TNM) Limited 100%
- The Red Line Distribution Limited 100%
- The Ink Factory (TNMH) Production Limited 100%
- The Ink Factory (TNMH) Limited 100%
- The Ink Factory (HK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, the Group extended the maturity date of its loan notes significantly, which provides the Group with greater flexibility for its future growth plans.”
- “On 30 January 2025, the company did not achieve the five-year performance target set in the warrant instrument with Fifth Season LLC. Therefore, the Company has issued additional warrants to increase their stake in the Company to 15% on a fully diluted basis (see note 28 for further detail).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O' REGAN, Patrice Mary | Secretary | 2025-04-15 | — | — |
| BLACK, Robin Kennedy | Director | 2014-04-10 | Mar 1958 | British |
| CALABRESE, Kasee | Director | 2026-03-07 | Jan 1981 | American |
| CORNWELL, Simon Anthony Vivian | Director | 2010-03-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
| CORNWELL, Stephen Mark | Director | 2010-03-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| HENWOOD, Roderick Waldemar Lisle | Director | 2018-04-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| RICE, Christopher | Director | 2020-02-18 | Jun 1978 | British,American |
| SPENCE, Ian Macdonald | Director | 2024-09-25 | Aug 1981 | British |
| WOLKOFF, Michele Janice | Director | 2024-09-25 | Aug 1976 | American |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O' REGAN, Patrice Mary | Secretary | 2022-11-16 | 2024-06-20 |
| O'REGAN, Patrice Mary | Secretary | 2019-05-20 | 2021-08-12 |
| OGILVIE, Charles Macaulay | Secretary | 2014-10-14 | 2016-04-19 |
| PATEY, Christopher John | Secretary | 2021-08-12 | 2022-02-01 |
| PURI, Yogita | Secretary | 2016-04-19 | 2019-05-20 |
| SARBAN, Oana Cezara | Secretary | 2024-06-20 | 2025-04-15 |
| SIMPSON, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2013-07-03 | 2014-10-14 |
| SPENCE, Ian Mcdonald | Secretary | 2022-02-01 | 2022-11-16 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-10 | 2010-03-01 |
| BENDZ, Sophia Evelina | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-06-11 |
| BOTTS, John Chester | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2024-10-31 |
| DARTNELL, Ashley Dorien | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2019-05-16 |
| HOWARD, Rebecca Eve | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-06-03 |
| JOSEPHS, Tracey Louise | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2021-05-07 |
| KIRK, Stephen | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2016-05-31 |
| MACKIE, Christopher Alan | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-03-01 |
| MURPHY, Katherine Mary Louise | Director | 2020-03-26 | 2022-09-28 |
| STONE, Christopher Theodor Schilling | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2019-05-16 |
| TSAI, Joseph Chung | Director | 2017-06-19 | 2026-03-23 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-03-01 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Anthony Vivian Cornwell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Stephen And Clarissa Cornwell Living Trust | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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
-77%
£14,451,446 £3,323,944
-
Cash
-92.7%
£10,864,344 £791,698
-
Net assets
-21.8%
-£18,515,938 -£22,546,331
-
Employees
+23.5%
17 21
-
Operating profit
-3,382.2%
£62,268 -£2,043,736
-
Profit before tax
-96%
-£2,092,661 -£4,102,298
-
Wages
+37.2%
£1,535,211 £2,106,746
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