FILMLIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-18 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+9% vs 2024
Employees
52
+4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£635K
-35.3% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,977,209 | £7,539,558 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £981,267 | £635,294 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £981,267 | £635,294 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,105,165 | £840,952 | |
| Cash | £1,670,837 | — | — | — | — | £1,359,705 | £1,359,559 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £7,341,110 | £8,002,032 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,337,139 | £7,998,696 | |
| Equity | — | £5,177,132 | £4,980,771 | £5,909,671 | £6,912,584 | £7,337,139 | £7,998,696 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 52 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,638,695 | £4,284,110 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £583,602 | £607,752 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+26.1%
£5,977,209 £7,539,558
-
Cash
0%
£1,359,705 £1,359,559
-
Net assets
+9%
£7,337,139 £7,998,696
-
Employees
+4%
50 52
-
Operating profit
-35.3%
£981,267 £635,294
-
Profit before tax
-35.3%
£981,267 £635,294
-
Wages
+17.7%
£3,638,695 £4,284,110
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 16.4% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 18.5% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.39x | 3.47x |
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
- FILMLIGHT LIMITED 2002-12-13 → present
- WAVENEY IMAGING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2000-02-01 → 2002-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- FILMLIGHT LIMITED · parent
- Filmlight GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “the company has introduced two new subscription products at the end of FY2024.”
- “The FilmLight Colour Awards, held for a fourth time during the financial year, continue to increase the company profile and strengthen the role of the colourist as an artistic and increasingly important actor in the content creation process.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Stephen Michael | Director | 2000-02-01 | Dec 1958 | British |
| CRABBE, Lucy | Director | 2021-01-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| LEMPP, Wolfgang Reinhart | Director | 2002-02-01 | Jul 1954 | German |
| LORAN, Jacqeline Maria | Director | 2019-03-26 | Apr 1971 | British |
| TLASKAL, Martin Paul | Director | 2019-03-26 | Feb 1973 | Czech |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Doris | Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2002-02-15 |
| HARRIS, Michael Ross | Secretary | 2002-02-15 | 2021-10-30 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2000-02-01 |
| GRIEVE, Andrew Michael Donelan | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2010-03-01 |
| HARRIS, Michael Ross | Director | 2003-04-10 | 2021-10-30 |
| STOTHART, Peter | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Caroline Patricia | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2013-02-04 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-02-01 | 2000-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmlight Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.