MOUSETRAP PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+61.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
65
-9.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-29 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-04-03 | 2023-04-02 | 2023-04-03 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £11,774,111 | £11,923,205 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £5,020,580 | £4,241,836 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,875,913 | — | £4,932,345 | £4,245,533 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,359,403 | — | £3,713,056 | £3,678,770 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,052,536 | £4,373,339 | — | £5,351,128 | £4,379,819 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £2,518,189 | £2,937,592 | — | £3,028,056 | £4,877,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £467,095 | £1,426,498 | — | £3,026,962 | £4,877,000 | |
| Equity | £2,018,163 | £241,947 | £467,095 | £1,426,498 | £1,426,498 | £3,026,962 | £4,877,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 60 | 65 | — | 72 | 65 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,747,193 | — | £1,841,810 | £1,950,325 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £8,855 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.3%
£11,774,111 £11,923,205
-
Cash
-18.2%
£5,351,128 £4,379,819
-
Net assets
+61.1%
£3,026,962 £4,877,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-9.7%
72 65
-
Operating profit
-15.5%
£5,020,580 £4,241,836
-
Profit before tax
-13.9%
£4,932,345 £4,245,533
-
Wages
+5.9%
£1,841,810 £1,950,325
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2020-03-29 | 2021-03-28 | 2022-04-03 | 2023-04-02 | 2023-04-03 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 42.6% | 35.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 31.5% | 30.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 165.8% | 87.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.70x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 24.09x | 168.84x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 (reduced disclosure)
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Sopher + Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 2 July 2024 the group that the company is a member of was sold and is now under new ownership. On completion of that transaction the previous director stood down and the company is now under new management.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTWRIGHT, Mark Andrew Stewart | Secretary | 2025-01-20 | — | — |
| FENTY, Brian Michael | Director | 2024-07-02 | Mar 1986 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKSELL, Richard John | Secretary | 2020-11-03 | 2025-01-20 |
| EADY, Robert James | Secretary | 2019-08-27 | 2020-11-03 |
| STACE, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2020-11-03 | 2025-01-20 |
| WALEY-COHEN, Stephen Harry, Sir | Secretary | 1994-03-24 | 2018-03-02 |
| WESTLEX REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-18 | 1994-03-24 |
| MATTINSON, Harriet Ann | Director | 2014-04-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| SPIEGEL, Adam Pennington | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2024-07-02 |
| WALEY COHEN, Freya Charlotte | Director | 2014-04-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| WALEY COHEN, Jack David | Director | 2014-04-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| WALEY COHEN, Lionel Robert | Director | 2014-04-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| WALEY COHEN, Tamsin Alice | Director | 2014-04-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| WALEY-COHEN, Josephine Spencer, Lady | Director | 1994-03-24 | 2008-12-31 |
| WALEY-COHEN, Stephen Harry, Sir | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2022-02-03 |
| WALEY-COHEN, Stephen Harry, Sir | Director | 1994-03-24 | 2018-03-02 |
| WESTLEX NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-18 | 1994-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asp Mpl Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-02 | Active |
| Sir Stephen Harry Waley Cohen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2018-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.