STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
-72.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9M
+43.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED 2013-10-23 → present
- NEWINCCO 1266 LIMITED 2013-09-18 → 2013-10-23
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£15,219,377 | -£8,420,189 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,372,227 | -£8,639,518 | |
| Net profit | -£15,330,956 | -£8,639,518 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £11,951,123 | £3,311,605 | |
| Equity | £11,951,123 | £3,311,605 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.64x | |
| Interest cover | -61.76x | -31.42x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding net current liabilities of £3,753,055 (2023: £3,500,537). The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by a letter from Groupe Canal+ SA.”
Group structure
- STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED · parent
- Red Production Company Limited 100%
- Guilty Party Pictures Limited 32%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GABBAY, Jeremy | Director | 2018-10-15 | Dec 1983 | French |
| KENNEDY, Mary-Kathryn | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1975 | American |
| MARSH, Anna Louise | Director | 2019-12-16 | Apr 1979 | New Zealander |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-09-30 |
| COURSON, Olivier René Noël | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2015-10-01 |
| CRITCHLEY, Andrew Brian | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2019-09-30 |
| DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2018-10-15 |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2021-12-14 | 2025-09-01 |
| LUPFER, Didier | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| MACKIE, Christopher Alan | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| SHINDLER, Nicola | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2020-11-18 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal+ Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-13 | Active |
| Vivendi Se | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-72.3%
£11,951,123 £3,311,605
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+44.7%
-£15,219,377 -£8,420,189
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Profit before tax
+43.8%
-£15,372,227 -£8,639,518
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