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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

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2 items

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

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Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
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 272292
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 2024-03-312025-03-31
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 1.18x1.34x
Interest cover 30.03x17.17x

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

  1. WHISPER FILMS LIMITED · parent
    1. Chapter 3 Graphics Ltd 51% · United Kingdom · Live broadcast graphics and motion design.
    2. East Entertainment Media Ltd 50.1% · United Kingdom · Television production.
    3. Moonshine Features Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Television programme production.
    4. Whisper (North) Limited 80% · United Kingdom · Television programme production.
    5. CBC Broadcast Centre Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Television programme production.
    6. Whisper (SPV) Limited 100% · England · Television programme production.
    7. Whisper Films Cymru Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Television programme production.
    8. Whisper for Technical Productions LLC 100% · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Television programme production.

Significant events

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 PDF
2026-03-09 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-03-06 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-11-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-11-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-03 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-03 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-29 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
20

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
6

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

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

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