WHISPER FILMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+132.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+81.8% vs 2024
Employees
292
+7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+50.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs 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 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £78,021,141 | £92,300,621 | |
| Operating profit | £4,447,369 | £6,978,052 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,383,308 | £6,601,793 | |
| Net profit | £3,078,828 | £5,492,480 | |
| Cash | £3,888,462 | £9,042,393 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,362,722 | £12,467,171 | |
| Net assets | £5,879,889 | £10,692,369 | |
| Equity | £5,879,889 | £10,692,369 | |
| Average employees | 272 | 292 | |
| Wages | £14,543,745 | £16,465,446 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 69.9% | 56.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.5% | 73.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 30.03x | 17.17x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WHISPER FILMS LIMITED · parent
- Chapter 3 Graphics Ltd 51%
- East Entertainment Media Ltd 50.1%
- Moonshine Features Limited 100%
- Whisper (North) Limited 80%
- CBC Broadcast Centre Ltd 100%
- Whisper (SPV) Limited 100%
- Whisper Films Cymru Ltd 100%
- Whisper for Technical Productions LLC 100%
Significant events
- “After the period end, on 29 May 2025 an interim dividend was distributed to shareholders amounting to £1,999,932.”
- “On 27 June 2024, the company acquired the 49% minority shares for nominal value of Moonshine Features Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREY, Harriet Felicity Alice | Secretary | 2020-02-18 | — | — |
| TREE-PATEL, Laura Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-02-18 | — | — |
| COLE, Mark Bernard | Director | 2026-03-04 | Jun 1977 | British |
| PATEL, Sunil Ramanbhai | Director | 2010-10-18 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULTHARD, David Marshall | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2026-03-04 |
| EDWARDS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2022-04-01 |
| GARVIE, Wayne Fernley, Dr | Director | 2023-07-25 | 2026-03-04 |
| GARVIE, Wayne Fernley, Dr | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2020-12-18 |
| HUMPHREY, Harriet Felicity Alice | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2020-02-18 |
| HUMPHREY, Jacob John | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2026-03-04 |
| JUSTICE, Matthew George, Mr. | Director | 2023-10-23 | 2026-03-04 |
| LYNCH, Cheryl Buysse | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2026-03-04 |
| MCGAUGHEY, Laura | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2022-01-12 |
| PARSONS, Richard John | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2023-07-20 |
| TEAGUE, David Llewelyn | Director | 2022-02-08 | 2026-03-04 |
| THOMAS, Roisin | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2022-10-26 |
| TREE-PATEL, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2020-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-16 | Ceased 2026-03-04 |
| Poco Loco Pictures Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Sony Pictures Television Production Uk Limited. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-18 | Ceased 2025-10-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-03-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+18.3%
£78,021,141 £92,300,621
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Cash
+132.5%
£3,888,462 £9,042,393
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Net assets
+81.8%
£5,879,889 £10,692,369
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Employees
+7.4%
272 292
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Operating profit
+56.9%
£4,447,369 £6,978,052
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Profit before tax
+50.6%
£4,383,308 £6,601,793
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Wages
+13.2%
£14,543,745 £16,465,446
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