CASTAWAY TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.2m
+44.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9.8m
-10.9% 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 | £18,220,000 | £17,960,000 | £17,458,000 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £9,934,000 | £10,404,000 | £9,376,000 | -9.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,377,000 | £11,011,000 | £9,814,000 | -10.9% | |
| Net profit | £7,766,000 | £8,258,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,549,000 | £807,000 | £1,167,000 | +44.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,549,000 | £807,000 | £1,167,000 | +44.6% | |
| Equity | £2,549,000 | £807,000 | £1,167,000 | +44.6% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 54.5% | 57.9% | 53.7% | |
| Net margin | 42.6% | 46.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 389.7% | 1289.2% | 803.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.2% | 95.3% | 91.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.05x | 1.10x |
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
- CASTAWAY TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1999-04-21 → present
- PLANET 24 (SERVICES) LIMITED 1992-08-20 → 1999-04-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Company has made an operating profit of £9.4m for the year ended 31 December 2025, is in a net asset position of £1.2m as of 31 December 2025”
Significant events
- “On 3 March 2026, Banijay Group and RedBird IMI entered into a strategic partnership to combine Banijay Entertainment and All3Media, to create a global media and entertainment powerhouse. The proposed All3Media combination is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close before autumn 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Catherine Patricia | Director | 2020-04-27 | Jun 1961 | Australian |
| RICHARDS, Anthony John | Director | 2020-04-27 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLI, Waheed, Lord | Secretary | 1992-08-20 | 2017-07-12 |
| P S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-08-20 | 1992-08-20 |
| ALLI, Waheed, Lord | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2017-07-12 |
| BURKE, Carmel Michelle | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2020-03-31 |
| GELDOF, Robert Frederick Zenon, Sir | Director | 1993-01-06 | 2017-07-12 |
| MCGUINNESS, Gerald William | Director | 1993-01-06 | 2006-07-23 |
| MUTIMER, Timothy | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2021-06-30 |
| PARSONS, Charles Andrew | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2017-07-12 |
| SCHWEITZER, Marie Lucile | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2022-12-09 |
| THOMAS, Roisin | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2021-06-30 |
| P S NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-08-20 | 1992-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banijay Rights Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.