WORKING AT GNOME LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£444K
-33.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£81K
+80,522% vs 2023
Employees
94
-11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company has been incorporated to produce the film 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl'. The production of this film was completed and the film was released in 2024. Following the finalisation of film production the company has ceased principal activity and begun the process of realising remaining assets and settling liabilities. Accordingly the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. As the company expects to realise its assets and settle its liabilities for book value, there have been no adjustments required as a result of not preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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 | — | £22,050,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,969,795 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,969,795 | |
| Net profit | — | £80,522 | |
| Cash | £669,561 | £443,675 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £100 | £80,622 | |
| Equity | £100 | £80,622 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 94 | |
| Wages | £4,378,376 | £4,333,277 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -8.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.02x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company has been incorporated to produce the film 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl'. The production of this film was completed and the film was released in 2024. Following the finalisation of film production the company has ceased principal activity and begun the process of realising remaining assets and settling liabilities. Accordingly the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. As the company expects to realise its assets and settle its liabilities for book value, there have been no adjustments required as a result of not preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The feature film produced by the company, 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl', was successfully delivered in 2024. It was broadcast on BBC1 on Christmas Day, following a limited theatrical release, and was then made available to the rest of the world on Netflix in January 2025. The film won two BAFTAs in February 2025, in the Animated Film and the inaugural Children's & Family Film categories. It was also nominated for an Oscar in the Animated Feature Film category, and received other awards nominations.”
- “Following the finalisation of film production the company has ceased principal activity and begun the process of realising remaining assets and settling liabilities. Accordingly the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE, Joanna Louise | Director | 2024-02-15 | Jan 1976 | British |
| CLARKE, Sean Michael | Director | 2021-07-07 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCK, Kerry Anthony | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2024-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aardman Animations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-07-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-01-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-07-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-33.7%
£669,561 £443,675
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Net assets
+80,522%
£100 £80,622
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Employees
-11.3%
106 94
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Wages
-1%
£4,378,376 £4,333,277
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