CREATIVE DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+39.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-5.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
44
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-46.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £38,136,774 | — | — | £31,856,335 | £24,724,282 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,946,741 | — | — | £1,810,524 | £637,820 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,020,671 | — | — | £2,184,665 | £1,175,438 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,429,774 | — | — | £1,694,338 | £1,006,579 | |
| Cash | — | £4,595,781 | — | — | £2,747,733 | £3,832,375 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,840,958 | — | — | £15,757,277 | £14,960,901 | |
| Net assets | — | £15,841,916 | — | — | £15,659,322 | £14,865,901 | |
| Equity | £15,278,998 | £15,841,916 | — | — | £15,659,322 | £14,865,901 | |
| Average employees | — | 61 | — | — | 46 | 44 | |
| Wages | — | £1,363,926 | — | — | £1,787,349 | £1,631,082 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £77,142 | — | — | £452,118 | £400,913 |
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-22.4%
£31,856,335 £24,724,282
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+39.5%
£2,747,733 £3,832,375
-
Net assets
-5.1%
£15,659,322 £14,865,901
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-4.3%
46 44
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-64.8%
£1,810,524 £637,820
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-46.2%
£2,184,665 £1,175,438
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-8.7%
£1,787,349 £1,631,082
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.7% | — | — | 5.7% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.4% | — | — | 5.3% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 18.6% | — | — | 11.5% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 4.82x | 5.67x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2013.93x | — |
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
- TC Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CREATIVE DISTRIBUTION LIMITED · parent
- Creative Distribution Kit 100%
- Creative Distribution World Wide Pvt Ltd 100%
- Bitmap Bureau Ltd 70%
- Creative Distribution Promotions Ltd 100%
- Reef Entertainment Ltd 100%
- Reef Entertainment Kit 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end the fighting in the Middle East has got worse.”
- “The group also acquired a majority stake in a UK development studio called Bitmap Bureau in October 2023. Since then the Bitmap team has been growing, as we have expanded the amount of games in development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGARTH, Anthony | Secretary | 2004-04-13 | — | British |
| DAIN, Gareth Lloyd | Director | 2003-06-13 | Sep 1978 | British |
| HOGARTH, Anthony John | Director | 2004-09-30 | Mar 1978 | British |
| LEWIS, Craig Francis | Director | 2010-02-23 | Jun 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Samuel Richard John | Director | 2013-07-01 | Oct 1989 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER, Antony James | Secretary | 2003-06-13 | 2004-04-13 |
| HARRISON, Andrew | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2004-09-30 |
| WHITE, Damien | Director | 2005-10-19 | 2012-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Creative Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-01 | Active |
| Creative Distribution Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-13 | Ceased 2023-07-01 |
| Mr Gareth Lloyd Dain | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-14 | Ceased 2020-10-13 |
| Mr Mark Nielsen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-14 | Ceased 2020-10-13 |
| Mr Gareth Lloyd Dain | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-14 | Ceased 2020-10-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-03-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-02-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.