SID GENTLE FILMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-16 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-14.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-27% vs 2024
Employees
17
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£253K
-96.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SID GENTLE FILMS LIMITED 2013-08-29 → present
- SID FILMS LIMITED 2013-05-08 → 2013-08-29
- DOROTHY P PICTURES LIMITED 2013-05-01 → 2013-05-08
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 | £10,273,966 | £4,257,503 | |
| Operating profit | £6,603,286 | £274,265 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,566,875 | £253,400 | |
| Net profit | £6,245,050 | £564,829 | |
| Cash | £6,024,354 | £5,156,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,826,365 | £6,316,305 | |
| Net assets | £8,651,477 | £6,316,305 | |
| Equity | £8,651,477 | £6,316,305 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 17 | |
| Wages | £2,229,435 | £2,541,103 |
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 | 64.3% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 60.8% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 74.8% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.3% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 7.04x | 11.57x | |
| Interest cover | 148.70x | 11.93x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith 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 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
- SID GENTLE FILMS LIMITED · parent
- Sid Gentle Films (Ragdoll) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (SS-GB) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (TD4) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (The Durrells) Limited 100%
- Sid Wild Films Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Extraordinary) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Gaiman) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (KE2) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (KE3) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (KE4) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Killing Eve) Limited 100%
- Ginger Snaps TV Limited 50%
- Sid Gentle Films (Corfu) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Costlello Jones) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Extraordinary 2) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Grace) Limited 100%
- Sid Gentle Films (Honey) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, Julie | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| GARSIDE, Matthew James | Director | 2018-01-25 | May 1983 | British |
| MORRIS, Lee Antony | Director | 2016-04-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| WOODWARD GENTLE, Sally Claire | Director | 2013-05-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| BBC STUDIOS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-01-25 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORRIETTE, Anthony | Secretary | 2024-09-26 | 2025-10-01 |
| RYLAND, Jackline | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2024-09-26 |
| FRANK, James | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2015-04-30 |
| HEATH, Barrie Duncan | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2018-01-25 |
| POSNER, Lyndsey Ann | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2022-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbc Studios Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-05-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-58.6%
£10,273,966 £4,257,503
-
Cash
-14.4%
£6,024,354 £5,156,120
-
Net assets
-27%
£8,651,477 £6,316,305
-
Employees
0%
17 17
-
Operating profit
-95.8%
£6,603,286 £274,265
-
Profit before tax
-96.1%
£6,566,875 £253,400
-
Wages
+14%
£2,229,435 £2,541,103
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