THE NORTHERN STUDIOS (HARTLEPOOL) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
Cash
£5K
-86.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£473K
-50.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£160K
+18.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £76,000 | £149,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£197,000 | -£160,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£197,000 | -£160,000 | |
| Net profit | -£197,000 | -£160,000 | |
| Cash | £36,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,837,000 | £1,810,000 | |
| Net assets | -£315,000 | -£473,000 | |
| Equity | -£315,000 | -£473,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -259.2% | -107.4% | |
| Net margin | -259.2% | -107.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.7% | -8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.20x | 0.01x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the company will continue to operate and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial forecasts are projected to return a deficit in the coming financial year as expected. This modest loss will be covered by the parent company. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The activities for The Northern Studios (Hartlepool) Limited will continue into 2026 with the aim of completing the renovation works and operating the business of The Northern Studio (Hartlepool) Limited at a profit.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT, Natalie Anne | Director | 2025-12-13 | Jul 1961 | British |
| MIRODAN, Vladimir, Professor | Director | 2025-12-13 | Jul 1951 | British |
| RABY, John Richard Martin, Dr | Director | 2021-09-29 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SLORACH, Stuart Douglas | Director | 2020-11-06 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WADDINGTON, John | Director | 2023-06-30 | Jun 1974 | British |
| WALKER, Sarah | Director | 2025-10-20 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Patrick | Director | 2020-11-06 | 2023-06-30 |
| CHILDS CATCHPOLE, Jamie | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2023-12-15 |
| FELLOWS, Alison Anne | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2022-02-28 |
| GOLDSBOROUGH, Kieron | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2025-12-12 |
| HUGHES, David Leslie | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2025-12-12 |
| KEMP, Helen Louise | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2025-04-11 |
| MARSHALL, Thomas | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2022-07-06 |
| MCGUCKIN, Denise Georgina | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2025-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+96.1%
£76,000 £149,000
-
Cash
-86.1%
£36,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-50.2%
-£315,000 -£473,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+18.8%
-£197,000 -£160,000
-
Profit before tax
+18.8%
-£197,000 -£160,000
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