THE FOUNDRY VISIONMONGERS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
USD 26,667,000
-23.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£70M
USD 93,288,000
-10.2% vs 2023
Employees
215
+1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£28M
USD 36,855,000
-16.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,965,314 | £55,794,274 | |
| Operating profit | £28,690,289 | £23,437,991 | |
| Profit before tax | £33,007,401 | £27,551,020 | |
| Net profit | £26,413,247 | £22,232,937 | |
| Cash | £26,023,025 | £19,934,963 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,621,290 | £69,737,609 | |
| Net assets | £77,621,290 | £69,737,609 | |
| Equity | £77,621,290 | £69,737,609 | |
| Average employees | 211 | 215 | |
| Wages | £12,986,469 | £14,216,192 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,682,739 | £1,336,623 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-10%
£61,965,314 £55,794,274
-
Cash
-23.4%
£26,023,025 £19,934,963
-
Net assets
-10.2%
£77,621,290 £69,737,609
-
Employees
+1.9%
211 215
-
Operating profit
-18.3%
£28,690,289 £23,437,991
-
Profit before tax
-16.5%
£33,007,401 £27,551,020
-
Wages
+9.5%
£12,986,469 £14,216,192
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 46.3% | 42.0% | |
| Net margin | 42.6% | 39.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.08x | 3.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | 80.60x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through on-going operating cash flow. Our cash projections, taking into account possible fluctuation in trading performance, indicate that the business will have sufficient cash to operate as planned while maintaining significant cash headroom. The directors have carried out detailed stress tests based on a scenario with no incremental new sales and also how far costs would need to increase before the Company recorded a $nil EBITDA balance. After undergoing this exercise, the directors are comfortable that both these scenarios and one where the Company finds itself with insufficient cash reserves are remote. The directors have, at the point of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, having taken into account the uncertainties referred to above, they consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- THE FOUNDRY VISIONMONGERS LTD. · parent
- Foundry Visionmongers (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As at 1 January 2024, both the functional and presentational currency of the Company changed to US Dollars ($) from Pound Sterling (£). Further details are outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements.”
- “Revenues decreased by 9.9% (2023 – 0.2% increased) from $82,891k to $74,636k. This decrease was due to the prolonged disruption to post-production VFX work following the American actor's union SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America strikes in 2023.”
- “The Company released several product updates during the year, including a significant release of our flagship compositing product Nuke (Nuke 15.1).”
- “R&D expenditure totalled $11,108k (2023 - $9,818k).”
- “Cash at bank and in hand decreased by 23.4% (2023-44% decrease) from $34,811k to $26,667k due to a cash dividend of $40,715k paid to Roper NL1 UK Limited on the 19 December 2024.”
- “The impairment loss recognised on intangible assets in the period was $507k (2023 - $nil) and is included in administrative expenses in the income statement. The impairment loss arose following the Company's public announcement on 7 November 2024 that it would wind down development of Modo (3D modelling tool).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-18 | — | — |
| CONLEY, Jason Phillip | Director | 2019-04-18 | Aug 1975 | American |
| HAYHURST-FRANCE, James | Director | 2022-01-14 | Jul 1985 | British |
| MADDEN, Jody Rae, Ms | Director | 2019-07-01 | Apr 1978 | American |
| STIPANCICH, John Kenneth | Director | 2019-04-18 | Oct 1968 | American |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARSON, Jonathan Anthony | Secretary | 2003-01-20 | 2009-07-09 |
| BROWNLIE, Mark | Secretary | 2012-01-04 | 2015-12-03 |
| FOX, Hugh Lionel Wakefield | Secretary | 2009-07-09 | 2011-12-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-01-20 | 2003-01-20 |
| BAINES, Peter | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2009-07-09 |
| BARSON, Jonathan Anthony | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2009-07-09 |
| CHALFEN, Michael Hilary | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2011-03-14 |
| COLLIS, William Beningfield | Director | 2006-01-12 | 2018-02-28 |
| CRISCI, Robert | Director | 2019-04-18 | 2019-12-31 |
| FRANKS, Martin David | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2022-01-14 |
| MAHON, Alexandra Rose | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2017-10-26 |
| NICOLETTI, Bruno | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2007-03-26 |
| PLUMER, Cliff Anthony | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2009-06-02 |
| ROBINSON, Simon | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2006-05-04 |
| RODGERSON, Craig Hilton | Director | 2017-10-13 | 2019-07-01 |
| SLATFORD, Karen | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2019-04-18 |
| STORK, Carl | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2009-06-02 |
| TEXTOR, John Charles | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2009-06-02 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-01-20 | 2003-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roper Nl1 Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-03 | Active |
| Roper Uk, Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-29 | Ceased 2022-05-03 |
| The Foundry Intermediate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.