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EXPECTATION ENTERTAINMENT LTD.

#10456505 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 2016-11-01 (9y 6m) · Last filing 2025-11-03 (6mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 59113 · J Information & Communication · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-22 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£12M

+40.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£4M

+23.2% vs 2024

Employees

118

-27.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£305K

-68.8% vs 2024

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £51,900,218£49,715,753
Operating profit £944,712£268,632
Profit before tax £977,600£304,589
Net profit £977,600£369,589
Cash £8,619,056£12,135,483
Total assets less current liabilities ——
Net assets £3,552,081£4,375,051
Equity £3,552,081£4,375,051
Average employees 163118
Wages £4,798,156£4,100,340

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 1.8%0.5%
Net margin 1.9%0.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 90.2%89.8%
Current ratio 1.11x1.11x
Interest cover 28.78x9.27x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Group will have sufficient working capital facilities to enable it to continue in business for a period of at least 12 months from approving the financial statements In reaching this conclusion the Directors have considered the future cash flows of the Group and the available working capital facility”

Group structure

  1. EXPECTATION ENTERTAINMENT LTD. · parent
    1. Guilt Limited 50.1% · UK · Television programme production activities
    2. Intelligence Productions Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    3. Ledbury Productions Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    4. Expectation Comedy 2 Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    5. Expectation Drama Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    6. Expectation Comedy Change Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    7. Expectation Comedy Alma Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    8. Expectation Drama (2) Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    9. Expectation Factual Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    10. Expectation Quiz (2) Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    11. Meantime Productions Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities
    12. Grand Tour Productions Limited 100% · UK · Television programme production activities

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
EDWARDS, Alexia Christaki Director 2019-02-11 Nov 1981 English
FINCHAM, Peter Arthur Director 2016-11-01 Jul 1956 English
GARSIDE, Matthew James Director 2018-10-29 May 1983 British
HINCKS, Timothy John Director 2016-11-01 Aug 1967 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROWN, Robert John Johnston Director 2017-04-13 2020-03-11
JACKSON, Helen Marie Director 2017-02-13 2018-10-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Timothy John Hincks Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-11-01 Active
Mr Peter Arthur Fincham Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-11-01 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 38 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2019-06-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2018-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-11-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-09-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-11-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-03-22 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2021-02-12 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2020-12-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-04-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2019-11-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-08-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2019-06-06 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2019-02-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2018-11-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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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