THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED
Operating as the principal UK subsidiary of the US-listed mass media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, the business manages regional operations across film, television, streaming, and merchandising.
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Cash
£91M
-8.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.3B
+57.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,981
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£920M
+20% highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,814,168,000 | £3,971,103,000 | £4,412,646,000 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £649,206,000 | £638,774,000 | £792,568,000 | +24.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £718,445,000 | £766,609,000 | £920,266,000 | +20% | |
| Net profit | £570,976,000 | £588,898,000 | £810,875,000 | +37.7% | |
| Cash | £111,847,000 | £99,499,000 | £90,941,000 | -8.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,937,905,000 | £1,454,872,000 | £2,284,478,000 | +57% | |
| Net assets | £1,495,617,000 | £1,450,350,000 | £2,278,928,000 | +57.1% | |
| Equity | £1,495,617,000 | £1,450,350,000 | £2,278,928,000 | +57.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,947 | 1,886 | 1,981 | +5% | |
| Wages | £206,433,000 | £207,478,000 | £202,127,000 | -2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,225,000 | £2,997,000 | £3,752,000 | +25.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 16.1% | 18.0% | |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 14.8% | 18.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.5% | 43.9% | 34.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.61x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | 9.48x | 5.83x | 66.07x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED 2022-10-05 → present
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED LIMITED 2022-10-05 → 2022-10-05
- WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1987-04-08 → 2022-10-05
- WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1954-03-08 → 1987-04-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- The Walt Disney Company (Austria) GmbH 100%
- The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BVBA 100%
- The Walt Disney Company Italia SRL 100%
- Disney DTC EM Limited 100%
- The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV 100%
- Disney Trading BV 100%
- The Walt Disney Company (Switzerland) GmbH 100%
- The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB 100%
- The Walt Disney Company Medya Eglence ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi 100%
- The Walt Disney Company Portugal TF, Unipessoal Lda 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the Company and the wider Disney Group undertook an intra group restructuring project to better align its legal and management structures, disposing of investments in two entities at book value of £937,884,000 via dividend in specie.”
- “On 15 November 2024, the Company's parent, Wedco EMEA Ventures Limited ("WEVL"), assumed the Company's liability with respect to the remaining total balance of £947,785,000 due to Disney FTC Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd in exchange for 1,000 ordinary shares of £1 each at a premium in the capital of the Company.”
- “As at 27 September 2025, the Company had been advanced a loan of £1,305,386,000 being the pound sterling equivalent of $1,750,000,000 under the revolving credit facility agreement between the Company and Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("DEI"), see note 17.”
- “On 15 December 2025 the share capital was reduced by £954,817,000 by cancelling the share premium account of the Company under section 641 of the Companies Act 2006.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTROPP, Lydia | Secretary | 2024-10-15 | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2021-03-17 | Dec 1966 | British |
| BAILEY, Simon Unsworth | Director | 2010-12-20 | Jul 1966 | British |
| BERMINGHAM, Tracy Anne | Director | 2023-12-20 | Mar 1979 | Irish |
| CARDLE, Dominique Ruth | Director | 2024-01-26 | Oct 1976 | British |
| KEAT, Nicola Rose | Director | 2023-09-28 | Aug 1964 | English,French |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDOOLA, Salim | Secretary | — | 1993-07-16 |
| BLOOM, Rosemary Claire | Secretary | 2004-03-19 | 2004-10-15 |
| COOK, Nigel Anthony | Secretary | 2004-10-15 | 2011-05-20 |
| HANSSON, Zelda | Secretary | 2017-08-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| MARSH, Matthew Jon | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2024-10-15 |
| STRATTON, Dene Brian | Secretary | 1993-10-14 | 1995-02-27 |
| VERVILLE, Marc | Secretary | 1995-02-27 | 1999-01-26 |
| WIDGER, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 2011-05-20 | 2017-08-08 |
| WILEY, Peter Lloyd | Secretary | 1999-01-26 | 2004-03-19 |
| ABDOOLA, Salim | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| AHERN, Joseph James | Director | 1997-03-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| ALLEN, Thomas William | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2002-02-19 |
| ASQUITH, Anne | Director | 2000-02-22 | 2002-11-24 |
| BERMINGHAM, Tracy Anne | Director | 2023-02-20 | 2023-11-29 |
| BIRD, Andrew Peter | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2011-12-31 |
| BLOOM, Rosemary Claire | Director | 2004-03-05 | 2004-10-15 |
| BORGERDING, Edward James | Director | — | 1995-09-13 |
| CHAMBERS, Anthony Gerard | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2021-06-22 |
| CHAPMAN, Brett Robert | Director | 2003-04-09 | 2003-09-19 |
| COOK, Nigel Anthony | Director | 2004-03-05 | 2011-05-20 |
| DAVIES, Sally Elva | Director | 1995-09-13 | 2001-06-28 |
| DE LA BOURDONNAYE, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2002-02-20 |
| DE VILLIERS, Etienne Marquard | Director | — | 2000-04-30 |
| ENDEMANO, Mark | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2016-09-16 |
| HAHN, Helene | Director | — | 1995-12-01 |
| HAINES, Alexandra Clare Minton | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| HANSSON, Zelda | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| HULBERT, David Ronald | Director | 1997-02-04 | 2004-03-19 |
| LAHOUD, Ignace Joseph | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-01-04 |
| LERNER, Diego Jose | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-03-26 |
| LEWIS, Clive James Gordon | Director | — | 2004-03-19 |
| MASSON, Francois Marc Olivier | Director | 2020-04-02 | 2022-11-18 |
| PAULE, Jeffrey Neal | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2011-12-31 |
| REED, Marsha Leigh | Director | 2004-03-05 | 2011-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Paul | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2004-01-28 |
| ROSE, Cindy Helen | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2009-09-18 |
| SIMON, David Lucien | Director | 1995-07-19 | 1997-02-04 |
| SISSMANN, Pierre Alain | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2001-01-01 |
| STRATTON, Dene Brian | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1995-02-27 |
| THOMPSON, David Keith | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2011-01-31 |
| VERVILLE, Marc | Director | 1995-02-27 | 2000-03-16 |
| WARRENER, Stuart | Director | — | 2004-03-19 |
| WIDGER, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2011-05-20 | 2017-08-08 |
| WILEY, Peter Lloyd | Director | 2007-01-23 | 2023-09-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2023-11-29 |
| WOODHEAD, Peter Algernon | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1998-06-15 |
| WSZALEK, Thomas John | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1999-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedco Emea Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 264 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-15 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.