NORTHERN IRELAND SCREEN COMMISSION

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. NORTHERN IRELAND SCREEN COMMISSION 2004-11-12 → present
2. NORTHERN IRELAND FILM AND TELEVISION COMMISSION 2002-02-20 → 2004-11-12
3. NORTHERN IRELAND FILM COMMISSION 1997-02-26 → 2002-02-20

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Comptroller and Auditor General Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“It is considered appropriate to adopt a going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements as the DfE, sponsor department of Northern Ireland Screen, is supply financed. There is no reason to believe that the Department's future sponsorship and future Assembly approval will not be forthcoming to meet Northern Ireland Screen's liabilities as they fall due.”

Significant events

• “As at 31 March 2025, Taxpayers' Equity stood at £0.512m, a decrease of £0.213m from the prior year. This includes a net operational deficit of £0.170m and an actuarial loss of £43,000.”
• “A significant factor in this movement was the modification of the Pixel Mill lease, which resulted in a 50% reduction in leased space and associated costs. This led to a derecognition of part of the lease liability and right-of-use asset, in line with IFRS 16. The change reflects a strategic shift in the organisation's use of premises and contributed to a £0.202m reduction in non-current assets.”
• “During the year, Northern Ireland Screen extended one of its existing leases at Alfred House by 12 months. This lease extension was treated as a modification under IFRS 16 and resulted in a remeasurement of the lease liability and a corresponding adjustment to the right-of-use asset.”
• “Total current assets decreased from £1.852m to £1.374m, primarily reflecting a reduction in cash balances from £1.402 million to £0.954 million. Non-current assets also declined, from £0.556m to £0.300m.”
• “Northern Ireland Screen reported a total comprehensive expenditure of £213,308, comprising: • A net operational deficit of £0.170m, and • An actuarial loss of £43,000 associated with the NILGOSC pension scheme.”
• “DfE income decreased to £18.683m (2023-24: £19.523m).”
• “Remaining CINES funds deferred in agreement with BBC and DfE. In 2024-25, we utilised alternative funding sources in place of the CINES programme, following an agreed approach with both the BBC and the DfE. As a result, CINES income declined from £1.816m in the previous year to £0.959m. The remaining CINES funds have been deferred to the 2025-26 financial year.”
• “Staff costs reduced to £5.617m (2023-24: £5.868m), largely due to fewer trainees on the CINE scheme”
• “Programme expenditure totaled £22.394m (2023-24: £23.170m).”
• “Other operating costs (including depreciation and lease interest) rose slightly to £0.930m (2023-24: £0.816m).”
• “Universal's How to Train Your Dragon, a live-action feature adaptation of the 2010 animation of the same name, wrapped in June 2024. The film is due for release in June 2025.”
• “HBO's Game of Thrones spin off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, shot from June to October 2024.”
• “Ryder Film's The Death of Robin Hood shot from January to March 2025. Starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer the film utilised Belfast Harbour Studios as well as a range of Northern Ireland locations.”
• “The second series of Blue Lights was a hit with both audiences and critics alike and won the Broadcast award for Best Drama Series”
• “Kneecap's accolades continued with BAFTA (1 win, 6 noms), IFTA (4 wins, 17 nominations), BIFA (2 wins, 7 nominations) as well as being shortlisted in 2 Oscar categories.”
• “By 31 March 2025, 93 paid placements were created since the launch of CINE in 2022. To date 32 of those trainees have been retained by their placement companies or have secured work in a freelance capacity at the end of their contracts.”
• “In March 2025 CINE picked up a CIPD award for 'Best EDI Initiative' and the CINE Lead was a finalist in the 'Women In Business' Awards in the category 'Advancing Diversity in the Workplace'”
• “During 2024-25, a one-off special payment totalling £7,500 was made as a settlement to a former employee.”
• “A receivable from a supplier was written off as irrecoverable following non-payment and exhausted recovery efforts. This is recorded as a constructive loss in line with MPMNI with appropriate approvals sought.”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -5.5%

  £30,187,908 → £28,531,718

• Cash

  -31.9%

  £1,401,591 → £954,282

• Net assets

  —

  Not reported

• Employees

  -9.8%

  183 → 165

• Wages

  -4.8%

  £4,984,878 → £4,744,212

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