42 M&P LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-64.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£568K
+54.6% vs 2023
Employees
80
-10.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+48.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,068,787 | £37,920,917 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,247,899 | -£3,321,903 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,581,623 | -£3,395,743 | |
| Net profit | -£3,523,116 | £626,285 | |
| Cash | £12,947,919 | £4,578,819 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,867,501 | £1,770,446 | |
| Net assets | -£1,251,125 | -£567,582 | |
| Equity | -£1,251,125 | -£567,582 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 80 | |
| Wages | £7,397,520 | £7,641,011 |
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 | -14.5% | -8.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -334.6% | -187.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.8% | 102.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | -22.19x | -13.54x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering all factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- 42 M&P LTD · parent
- 42 US Inc 100%
- Dalzell & Beresford Ltd 100%
- OB Media Partners Ltd 100%
- OB Productions Inc 100%
- Military Wives Choir Film Ltd 100%
- Nutmeg (42) Ltd 100%
- Outside The Wire Ltd 100%
- Watership Down Television Ltd 100%
- Sand Castle Movie Ltd 100%
- The Weekend Away Ltd 100%
- Flatshare Television Ltd 100%
- STORY/VRSE Ltd 100%
- AJD Movie Ltd 100%
- Five Blind Dates Ltd 100%
- Billionaire's Curse Ltd 100%
- ETOR Movie LLC 100%
- Night Teeth Inc 100%
- TGB Television Ltd 100%
- Silent Twins Film Ltd 100%
- Road Trip Television Ltd 100%
- Charlie Bone Television Ltd 100%
- Penguin Lessons Ltd 100%
- Next Life Films Ltd (F.K.A. II Condor Ltd) 100%
- Penguin Lessons Acq Ltd 100%
- Chalk Pictures Ltd (F.K.A. Flatshare 2 Ltd) 100%
- UMO Project Ltd 100%
- 42 PS Ltd (F.K.A. 42 Production Services 3 Ltd) 100%
- Palladium Vanguard Ltd 100%
- Palladium MF2 Ltd (F.K.A. RCMDY 1 Ltd) 100%
- Palladium MF3 Ltd (F.K.A. 42 Production Services Ltd) 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 February 2025, subsequent to the year-end, OB Productions Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group incorporated in the United States of America, ceased trading following the formal authorisation of its dissolution on 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN, Aileen | Secretary | 2021-12-16 | — | — |
| BUCKLEY-SHARMA, Kate September | Director | 2012-12-19 | Sep 1972 | British |
| GOLDSMITH, Brian Richard | Director | 2022-06-09 | Jul 1972 | American |
| HORSFIELD, Joshua Michael John | Director | 2026-02-13 | Jan 1982 | British |
| KING, Catherine Jane | Director | 2019-04-24 | Sep 1966 | British |
| PUGH, Benjamin Rupert | Director | 2012-12-19 | Jan 1981 | British |
| RABBATTS, Heather Victoria, Dame | Director | 2020-09-15 | Dec 1955 | British |
| STERN, Sandra Barbara | Director | 2022-06-09 | Feb 1950 | American |
| SUSSMAN, Peter Alan | Director | 2021-12-16 | Jul 1958 | Canadian |
| VARNEY, Joshua Jamie Stephen | Director | 2012-12-19 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Margaret | Secretary | 2020-09-15 | 2021-09-01 |
| AITKEN, Alexander Rory | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2024-08-27 |
| AITKEN, Maxwell Francis | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2021-12-16 |
| HORSFIELD, Gordon Christopher | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2026-02-13 |
| SUSSMAN, Peter Alan | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2020-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Gate International (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-08-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-12%
£43,068,787 £37,920,917
-
Cash
-64.6%
£12,947,919 £4,578,819
-
Net assets
+54.6%
-£1,251,125 -£567,582
-
Employees
-10.1%
89 80
-
Operating profit
+46.8%
-£6,247,899 -£3,321,903
-
Profit before tax
+48.4%
-£6,581,623 -£3,395,743
-
Wages
+3.3%
£7,397,520 £7,641,011
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