ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£15M
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£103M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8.9M
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-25 | 2023-12-26 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £250,091,000 | £176,116,000 | £65,352,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £45,037,000 | -£50,329,000 | £3,076,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £61,322,000 | -£23,516,000 | £8,887,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £51,728,000 | -£24,163,000 | £10,760,000 | — | |
| Cash | £6,246,000 | £2,683,000 | £14,628,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £293,359,000 | £96,465,000 | £103,438,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £291,989,000 | £96,335,000 | £103,308,000 | — | |
| Equity | £291,989,000 | £96,335,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 218 | 170 | — | — | |
| Wages | £16,967,000 | £14,041,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £332,000 | £134,000 | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-25 | 2023-12-26 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.0% | -28.6% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 20.7% | -13.7% | 16.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | -52.2% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.6% | 57.7% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.62x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 33.09x | -12.19x | 3.15x |
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
- ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LIMITED 2010-08-31 → present
- E1 ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED 2009-03-09 → 2010-08-31
- CONTENDER LIMITED 1994-11-14 → 2009-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LIMITED · parent
- eOne Films Insidious 3 Limited 92.9%
Significant events
- “On 3 July 2024 the Lionsgate group entered into a loan facility. As part of the facility on 5 July 2024 the Company assigned certain rights in library titles to a fellow group company eOne Films Insidious 3 Limited for deferred consideration equal to the book value of those assigned rights at 5 July 2024.”
- “On 27th December 2023, the sale of eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate Entertainment Corp was closed, resulting in the Company becoming part of the Lionsgate Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENOIT, Sandra | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| CLARY, Andrew Paul | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGWOOD, Richard James Alexander | Secretary | 1995-05-10 | 1999-10-29 |
| OGILVIE, Charles Macaulay | Secretary | 1999-10-29 | 2007-07-04 |
| SIBBALD, Andrew | Secretary | 1994-11-14 | 1995-05-10 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-07-04 | 2011-01-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-14 | 1994-11-14 |
| ANDRIUZZO, Steven Nicholas, Mr. | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2025-12-01 |
| BOURDILLON, Jonathan Pierre | Director | 1999-10-29 | 2007-07-05 |
| BRANDRETH, Michele Kathleen Kendal | Director | 2002-05-29 | 2004-01-29 |
| BRIDGWOOD, Richard James Alexander | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2010-05-31 |
| GAVIN, Alexander Rupert, Sir | Director | 2004-11-15 | 2006-06-30 |
| GAWNE, Nicholas John Murray | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2023-04-25 |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2013-01-22 | 2019-03-29 |
| HODGINS, David John George Carruthers | Director | 2004-02-17 | 2004-10-22 |
| HURST, Adam Howard | Director | 2013-01-22 | 2018-08-08 |
| KULKARNI, Chaitanya Ashok, Mr. | Director | 2020-07-14 | 2021-01-20 |
| KUO-LEE, Nelson Hao-Cheng | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2020-04-30 |
| LOFTS, Joan | Director | 2002-05-29 | 2007-07-05 |
| OGILVIE, Charles Macaulay | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2013-01-31 |
| PARRY, Edward David, Mr. | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2021-10-15 |
| RIVERS, Stephen Peter | Director | 2004-02-17 | 2004-10-22 |
| SHORR, Samuel | Director | 1995-03-06 | 2007-07-04 |
| SIBBALD, Andrew | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2007-07-04 |
| VOSPER MORTIMER, Clare Gem | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2023-07-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Kezia Maria Siobhan | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2021-05-05 |
| WILLITS, Giles Kirkley | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2017-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Gate Studios Corp. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-05-07 | Active |
| Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-12-27 | Ceased 2025-05-07 |
| Entertainment One Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 336 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-04 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.