PARAMOUNT PICTURES UK
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Cash
£425k
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.9m
-62.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
22
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-31.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,105,000 | £38,468,000 | £26,294,000 | -31.6% | |
| Operating profit | £841,000 | £877,000 | £395,000 | -55% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,295,000 | £1,543,000 | £1,054,000 | -31.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,542,000 | £1,456,000 | £993,000 | -31.8% | |
| Cash | £425,000 | £421,000 | £425,000 | +1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,399,000 | £7,992,000 | £3,180,000 | -60.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,358,000 | £7,850,000 | £2,948,000 | -62.4% | |
| Equity | £6,358,000 | £7,850,000 | £2,948,000 | -62.4% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,977,000 | £2,138,000 | £2,120,000 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £295,000 | £309,000 | £331,000 | +7.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £295,000 | £309,000 | £331,000 | +7.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.1% | 11.0% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.2% | 78.7% | 85.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.25x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 30.04x | — | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PARAMOUNT PICTURES UK 2007-01-02 → present
- UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (UK) 1981-08-18 → 2007-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has a letter of support in place from its ultimate parent company, Paramount Skydance Corporation, which states that, should it be required, Paramount Skydance Corporation will provide sufficient financial support to the Company and its controlled entities so they able to meet their financial obligations for at least twelve months from the signing date of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- PARAMOUNT PICTURES UK · parent
- Paramount Pictures Services UK 100%
Significant events
- “Paramount, Skydance Media, LLC ("Skydance") and other parties entered into a definitive transaction agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") pursuant to which Paramount and Skydance will become subsidiaries of a new holding company (the "Skydance Merger").”
- “On 27 February 2026, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ("WBD") announced a definitive merger agreement (the "WBD Merger Agreement") under which Paramount will acquire WBD (the "WBD Merger").”
- “The closing of the WBD Merger has been delayed as a result of a lawsuit, with the parties agreeing to postpone closing until the earlier of five days following the court's ruling or, if necessary, 1 June 2027.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, it was identified that the Company has distributed a dividend to its direct parent companies. This distribution was made in the absence of adequate distributable reserves, constituting a breach 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
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-01 | — | — |
| FLETCHER, John Graham | Director | 2016-12-31 | Feb 1966 | British |
| KANHAI, Johnny Nareshdat | Director | 2014-08-01 | Dec 1960 | Dutch |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLER, Martin John | Secretary | — | 2001-06-30 |
| MORTON, Janette | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2008-06-03 |
| AFFOURTIT, Rudi | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Ian Michael | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| HEDGES, Christopher Nevin | Director | — | 2012-01-12 |
| MILLER, Lauren Wynne | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-12-30 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Michael John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| PEACHEY, John Philip | Director | 2013-01-23 | 2016-06-30 |
| SOLOMONS, Philip Alexander | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-02-29 |
| I F H INTERNATIONAL FILM HOLDING B V | Corporate Director | — | 2007-01-01 |
| UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES B V | Corporate Director | — | 2007-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Pictures International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address |
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.