OCTOBER FILMS LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-16 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-7.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£2M

-15.2% vs 2023

Employees

-38.8% lowest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

-£345K

-111.8% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

OCTOBER FILMS LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£16,576,417	—	£16,167,234	—	£17,483,501	—	£14,231,837	—	£8,608,167	£7,054,077
Operating profit	£267,054	—	-£13,627	—	£264,487	—	£682,593	—	£492,628	-£364,114
Profit before tax	£1,157,244	—	-£55,139	—	£373,275	—	£389,066	—	£2,915,513	-£344,712
Net profit	£909,461	—	£91,440	—	£321,752	—	£385,661	—	£2,922,735	-£333,802
Cash	£746,953	—	£2,927,434	—	£1,432,275	—	£370,324	—	£1,655,565	£1,533,689
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,092,053	—	£1,033,493	—	£1,357,004	—	£1,746,070	—	£2,190,501	£1,856,699
Net assets	£1,092,053	—	£1,033,493	—	£1,355,245	—	£1,740,906	—	£2,190,501	£1,856,699
Equity	£1,092,053	£1,092,053	£1,033,493	£1,033,493	£1,355,245	£1,355,245	£1,740,906	£1,740,906	£2,190,501	£1,856,699
Average employees	43	—	38	—	37	—	51	—	49	30
Wages	£1,803,701	—	£1,463,340	—	£2,049,394	—	£2,037,919	—	£2,037,315	£1,581,194
Directors' remuneration	£339,893	—	£339,886	—	£555,762	—	£690,519	—	£585,540	£515,602

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

-18.1%

£8,608,167 £7,054,077

lowest in 6 filed years
Cash

-7.4%

£1,655,565 £1,533,689
Net assets

-15.2%

£2,190,501 £1,856,699
Employees

-38.8%

49 30

lowest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-173.9%

£492,628 -£364,114

lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

-111.8%

£2,915,513 -£344,712

lowest in 6 filed years
Wages

-22.4%

£2,037,315 £1,581,194

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	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	1.6%	—	-0.1%	—	1.5%	—	4.8%	—	5.7%	-5.2%
Net margin	5.5%	—	0.6%	—	1.8%	—	2.7%	—	34.0%	-4.7%
Return on capital employed	24.5%	—	-1.3%	—	19.5%	—	39.1%	—	22.5%	-19.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.64x	1.57x
Interest cover	66.33x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6657.14x	-79.59x

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

OCTOBER FILMS LTD 1989-09-14 → present
MANIFEST FILMS LIMITED 1989-03-09 → 1989-09-14
ANNOFIELD LIMITED 1988-12-13 → 1989-03-09

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Abridged: Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor: Nyman Libson Paul LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecast and projection, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the company's financial statements.”

Group structure

OCTOBER FILMS LTD · parent
1. Brutal October Limited 100% · England
2. October Mysteries Limited 100% · England
3. October Films Productions Limited 100% · England

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
BULLMORE, Adam Bentley	Director	1996-08-05	Feb 1962	British
PEACHEY, Nathan Samuel	Director	2018-03-06	Apr 1974	British
ROBINS, Matthew	Director	2018-03-06	Mar 1978	British

Show 7 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DODDS, Ann Elizabeth	Secretary	—	1999-09-24
JONES, Brian Philip	Secretary	2007-01-23	2018-04-20
MANNING, Jane Louise	Secretary	1999-09-25	2007-01-23
CULLINGTON - ROBERTS, Denise	Director	—	2002-03-27
MANNING, Jane Louise	Director	2018-03-06	2026-02-13
ROBERTS, Thomas Glyn, Mr.	Director	—	2008-10-05
ROOKE, Denman Talbot	Director	1997-09-01	2019-10-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Boulder Television Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2018-12-11	Active
Mountain Media Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-12-11

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 135 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-27	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-10-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-07-30	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-07-07	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-03-19	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-03-19	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-10-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-10-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-17	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-01-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-11-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-29	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

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