VISUAL DATA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£616K
-39.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
-17.5% vs 2023
Employees
126
-6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-78.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,062,974 | £9,826,708 | £12,395,413 | £12,657,167 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,117,392 | £1,910,975 | -£2,218,239 | -£1,529,780 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,073,881 | £1,900,726 | -£889,435 | -£1,588,873 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£595,925 | -£1,588,873 | |
| Cash | — | £1,542,913 | £1,167,959 | £1,014,932 | £615,514 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,576,300 | £8,893,220 | £9,140,716 | £8,039,988 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,169,946 | £8,719,486 | £9,081,304 | £7,492,431 | |
| Equity | — | £7,169,946 | £8,719,486 | £9,081,304 | £7,492,431 | |
| Average employees | — | 116 | 132 | 134 | 126 | |
| Wages | — | £3,704,030 | £4,837,539 | £7,084,192 | £6,171,321 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £196,920 | £194,610 | £239,016 | £263,067 |
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
+2.1%
£12,395,413 £12,657,167
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-39.4%
£1,014,932 £615,514
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-17.5%
£9,081,304 £7,492,431
-
Employees
-6%
134 126
-
Operating profit
+31%
-£2,218,239 -£1,529,780
-
Profit before tax
-78.6%
-£889,435 -£1,588,873
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-12.9%
£7,084,192 £6,171,321
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 | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.9% | 19.4% | -17.9% | -12.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -4.8% | -12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 14.7% | 21.5% | -24.3% | -19.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.64x | 3.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 25.68x | 186.45x | -1680.48x | -25.89x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- VISUAL DATA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED 2015-08-18 → present
- REFINE (MEDIA) LIMITED 2013-11-19 → 2015-08-18
- CASEYS FILM & VIDEO LIMITED 1983-04-11 → 2013-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed forecasts and the performance of the company for the going concern assessment period, including EBITDA and net cash inflows, and consider the company to be a going concern. The company has also received assurance from VDMS Parent Holdings, LLC that it will continue to provide operational and financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors are confident of the intention and ability of the parent company to provide the support.”
Group structure
- VISUAL DATA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- VDMS France Holdco, SAS 100%
- Holding V&A, SAS 100%
- EVA France ST'501, SAS 100%
- Visual Data Singapore PTE. Ltd 100%
- EVA Studios Germany GmbH 100%
- Studio 7 Synchron und Untertitel GmbH 100%
- Técnicas de Sonorización, S.A 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAUTMAN, John Michael | Secretary | 2014-12-01 | — | — |
| ROUE, Symon Peter | Director | 2008-02-05 | May 1976 | British |
| TRAUTMAN, John Michael | Director | 2014-12-01 | Feb 1964 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY, John | Secretary | — | 2008-02-05 |
| ROUE, Symon Peter | Secretary | 2008-02-05 | 2014-12-01 |
| CASEY, John | Director | — | 2008-02-05 |
| DRAKE, Christopher | Director | — | 2006-02-14 |
| HOLMAN, Roger Leonard | Director | — | 2004-04-13 |
| REED, Yives | Director | 2008-02-05 | 2014-12-01 |
| WEEKS, Anthony Simon | Director | 2004-04-15 | 2008-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Future Media Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-02-15 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.