REX FEATURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-11 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£24M
-24% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
27
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
+10.4% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,965,437 | — | £9,888,979 | £9,136,649 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,495,921 | — | -£5,326,842 | -£4,777,556 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,495,921 | — | -£5,290,741 | -£4,740,809 | |
| Net profit | — | -£3,521,363 | — | -£5,308,951 | -£4,755,784 | |
| Cash | — | £5,390,391 | — | £2,202,006 | £1,968,533 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£13,969,915 | — | -£19,151,197 | -£23,755,183 | |
| Net assets | — | -£13,969,915 | — | -£19,151,197 | -£23,755,183 | |
| Equity | -£10,542,801 | -£13,969,915 | -£13,969,915 | -£19,151,197 | -£23,755,183 | |
| Average employees | — | 34 | — | 27 | 27 | |
| Wages | — | £1,989,466 | — | £1,903,050 | £1,913,878 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.6%
£9,888,979 £9,136,649
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-10.6%
£2,202,006 £1,968,533
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-24%
-£19,151,197 -£23,755,183
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
27 27
-
Operating profit
+10.3%
-£5,326,842 -£4,777,556
-
Profit before tax
+10.4%
-£5,290,741 -£4,740,809
-
Wages
+0.6%
£1,903,050 £1,913,878
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -29.2% | — | -53.9% | -52.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -29.4% | — | -53.7% | -52.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 25.0% | — | 27.8% | 20.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.32x | 0.33x |
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)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding the loss of £4.8m incurred during the year (2023: loss of £5.3m) and the net liabilities of £23.8m at 31 December 2024 (2023: £19.1m), the company continues to trade with the support of its ultimate parent, Shutterstock, Inc. The directors have received confirmation that such support will be forthcoming for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date that these financial statements are approved. Therefore the directors consider that the preparation of the financial statements on the going concern basis is still appropriate.”
Group structure
- REX FEATURES LIMITED · parent
- Shutterstock International Services EMEA Ltd 100%
- Shutterstock International Ventures Ltd 100%
- SCP 2020 Limited 100%
- Backgrid London Ltd 100%
- SSCP One Limited 100%
- SSCP Two Limited 100%
- Splash News (Europe) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 February 2024, the company's subsidiary SCP 2020 Limited acquired Backgrid London Ltd, a global premier destination for celebrity news, known for supplying top media organizations with real time content from the world's top photographers for more than three decades.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIARDIELLO, Steven Augustine | Director | 2021-08-14 | Mar 1971 | American |
| KRIVICIC, Eleanor Anna | Director | 2020-06-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELBY, Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2004-07-12 |
| SELBY, Susan Katherine | Secretary | 2004-07-12 | 2011-07-24 |
| BERNS, Steven David | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2019-06-26 |
| BIXBY, Timothy Edward | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2015-10-02 |
| DAY, Allan George | Director | — | 2002-08-20 |
| FERRO, Miguel | Director | 2011-07-24 | 2015-01-19 |
| HARRISON, Laurie Jean | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2016-08-19 |
| HILLIER, Martin Richard | Director | — | 2011-07-24 |
| HILLIER, Martin Richard | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| LAWSON, Lawrence Anthony | Director | 2011-07-24 | 2015-02-25 |
| ORINGER, Jonathan Evan | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2021-08-14 |
| SELBY, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2011-07-24 |
| SELBY, Frank | Director | — | 2011-07-24 |
| SELBY, John Leslie | Director | — | 2011-07-24 |
| SELBY, Michael Roger | Director | — | 2011-07-24 |
| SELBY, Susan Katherine | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2011-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Features (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2020-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-17 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2020-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.