FILMS AT 59 LIMITED
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Cash
£7.5m
-17.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
-14.6% vs 2024
Employees
144
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£227k
-109.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,641,100 | £15,655,861 | £16,770,853 | £16,455,565 | £11,759,519 | £12,234,946 | +4% | |
| Operating profit | £841,727 | £3,466,686 | £3,073,278 | £611,297 | £2,349,203 | -£339,443 | -114.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £977,428 | £3,926,055 | £3,041,902 | £701,512 | £2,489,188 | -£226,601 | -109.1% | |
| Net profit | £706,544 | £3,080,061 | £2,394,168 | £836,901 | £1,870,540 | -£172,702 | -109.2% | |
| Cash | £10,158,768 | £5,685,407 | £6,685,063 | £7,674,287 | £9,142,095 | £7,509,355 | -17.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,272,059 | £12,317,814 | £14,308,856 | £14,464,908 | £16,738,763 | £14,713,747 | -12.1% | |
| Net assets | £18,335,397 | £10,515,458 | £12,909,626 | £13,746,527 | £15,617,067 | £13,344,365 | -14.6% | |
| Equity | £18,335,397 | £10,515,458 | £12,909,626 | £13,746,527 | £15,617,067 | £13,344,365 | -14.6% | |
| Average employees | 130 | 141 | 158 | 162 | 150 | 144 | -4% | |
| Wages | £3,648,954 | £4,329,434 | £5,216,850 | £5,896,255 | £5,430,836 | £5,422,211 | -0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £210,934 | £273,291 | £274,405 | £296,405 | £267,993 | £233,587 | -12.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £21,350 | £22,295 | £22,368 | +0.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £100,800 | £96,000 | £100,000 | +4.2% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 22.1% | 18.3% | 3.7% | 20.0% | -2.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 19.7% | 14.3% | 5.1% | 15.9% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 28.1% | 21.5% | 4.2% | 14.0% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.6% | 33.3% | 28.9% | 22.7% | 18.3% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.20x | 5.19x | 3.87x | |
| Interest cover | 9.27x | 28.12x | 65.66x | 16.63x | 55.34x | -5.98x |
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
- FILMS AT 59 LIMITED 1990-06-28 → present
- MAINREADY LIMITED 1990-06-01 → 1990-06-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company received the remaining insurance income in relation to the fire that took place in December 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUCCI PRUDENCE, Gina Lee | Secretary | — | — | American |
| DYER, Stuart Carl | Director | 2020-02-28 | Sep 1975 | British |
| FUCCI PRUDENCE, Gina Lee | Director | 1991-11-28 | Jun 1966 | American |
| PANAYIOTOU, George | Director | 2020-02-28 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTHRIE, James | Director | — | 1994-04-07 |
| PRUDENCE, Michael James | Director | 2019-07-28 | 2026-06-30 |
| PRUDENCE, Michael James | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2011-04-04 |
| THOMSON, Jeanne | Director | 1991-11-28 | 2003-07-31 |
| WILSON, Leonard Michael | Director | — | 1997-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films @ 59 Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-09 | Active |
| Mr Michael James Prudence | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-12-04 | Ceased 2021-02-09 |
| Ms Gina Lee Fucci-Prudence | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-04 | 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
- 1
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.