MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
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Cash
£14m
+82.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+26.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
121
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
+36% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £33,515,776 | £39,037,099 | £44,439,905 | +13.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,725,270 | £3,088,639 | £4,362,271 | +41.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,056,641 | £3,448,542 | £4,688,604 | +36% | |
| Net profit | £2,841,556 | £3,091,690 | £3,523,340 | +14% | |
| Cash | £5,916,315 | £7,879,016 | £14,379,124 | +82.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,526,840 | £13,616,124 | £16,842,417 | +23.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,552,073 | £13,043,063 | £16,463,944 | +26.2% | |
| Equity | £10,552,073 | £13,043,063 | £16,463,944 | +26.2% | |
| Average employees | 89 | 107 | 121 | +13.1% | |
| Wages | £4,326,315 | £5,730,846 | £7,415,836 | +29.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £354,067 | £417,819 | £502,321 | +20.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,559 | £44,175 | £49,019 | +11% | |
| Highest paid director | £180,247 | £231,214 | £298,415 | +29.1% |
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 | 8.1% | 7.9% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 7.9% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.6% | 22.7% | 25.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.5% | 66.2% | 75.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.36x | 1.27x |
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
- MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 2001-09-27 → present
- MPLC (UK) LIMITED 1993-02-16 → 2001-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group remains profitable and has strong cash reserves at the balance sheet date. Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and as a minimum for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Consequently the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Asia) Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (Singapore) Pte Ltd 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Denmark A/S 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Magyaroszag Kft 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company International DAC 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Japan, Inc 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Limited 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Norge AS 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Polska Sp. z.o.o. 50%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company SA (Pty) Ltd 50%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Spain S.L. 100%
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Suomi Oy 100%
- MPLC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd 100%
- MPLC Deutschland GmbH 100%
- MPLC Italia S.r.l 50%
- MPLC Switzerland GmbH 50%
- SAS MPLC France 100%
- VG Schule GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the MPLC Group was acquired by Tenzing III LP, Tenzing Belay LP, and Great Hill Partners GP VIII LP, resulting in a change in ultimate ownership. The acquisition did not impact the Company's principal activities or operating model, and there was no material effect on its results or financial position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNLIE, Mark Allan | Director | 2022-03-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SHEDDEN, Rory | Director | 2021-12-16 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANIWALA, Zaffer Fazleabbas Hassanali | Secretary | — | 2020-07-22 |
| BAUER, Harald Paul | Director | — | 2018-12-27 |
| CYFFKA, Peter | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2021-12-16 |
| KUYPER, Peter Walk | Director | — | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER JNR, Peter Walk | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2019-12-17 |
| KUYPER JR, Peter Walk | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2018-12-27 |
| LAUDICINA, Sal Anthony | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2020-05-05 |
| MARESCA, Julie Sue | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2022-06-30 |
| ROGERS, Louise Anne | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| RYBERG, Hans | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2019-01-06 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenzing Pe I Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-17 | Ceased 2025-12-18 |
| Mplc Investment Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-16 | Ceased 2020-12-01 |
| Sof Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-16 | Ceased 2019-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.