PRIMAL MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£606K
-301.3% vs 2023
Employees
4
-60% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£608K
-231% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRIMAL MEDIA LIMITED 2016-04-27 → present
- JESSOP AVENUE (NO.8) LIMITED 2016-04-11 → 2016-04-27
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 | £3,473,000 | £47,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £464,000 | -£608,000 | |
| Net profit | £349,000 | -£455,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£151,000 | -£606,000 | |
| Net assets | -£151,000 | -£606,000 | |
| Equity | -£151,000 | -£606,000 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 4 | |
| Wages | £826,000 | £534,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 10.0% | -968.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 107.3% | 131.7% |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is in a net current liability and net liability position as at 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023. This primarily relates to amounts due to group undertakings of £2,496,000 (2023: £1,934,000). The company has received written confirmation from the directors of STV Group plc, that repayment of this balance will not be sought unless the company has adequate financing available to make the repayment. The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company. The directors of STV Group plc have confirmed in writing that STV Group plc will continue to support the company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. The directors of STV Group plc have carried out forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, which show that the Group will be able to operate within the level of its current available funding.”
Significant events
- “Turnover for the year was £47,000 (2023: £3,473,000). The decrease is due to the timing of delivery of commissions, primarily relating to the delivery of the programme The Underdog: Josh Must Win to Channel 4 in 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALCOLMSON, Eileen June | Secretary | 2022-10-06 | — | — |
| DIXON, Lindsay Anne | Director | 2019-07-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| MORTIMER, David Austin | Director | 2019-07-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| RADCLIFFE, Rufus | Director | 2024-11-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| STEINER, Matthew Robert Walter | Director | 2016-04-11 | Jun 1970 | British |
| WOOD, Adam Sebastian Hovelle | Director | 2016-04-11 | May 1965 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMES, Jane Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2022-10-06 |
| NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-04-11 | 2019-07-01 |
| BEGGS, Kevin Loren | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2019-07-01 |
| KAMASA, Zygmunt Jan | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2019-07-01 |
| PITTS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2024-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stv Productions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-26 | Active |
| Lions Gate International (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-07-04 | Ceased 2019-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-98.6%
£3,473,000 £47,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-301.3%
-£151,000 -£606,000
-
Employees
-60%
10 4
-
Profit before tax
-231%
£464,000 -£608,000
-
Wages
-35.4%
£826,000 £534,000
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