STORYTRAIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£121K
+2% vs 2023
Net assets
£100
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £186 | £297 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£10,156 | -£10,132 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £118,180 | £120,567 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £100 | £100 | |
| Equity | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+59.7%
£186 £297
-
Cash
+2%
£118,180 £120,567
-
Net assets
0%
£100 £100
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+0.2%
-£10,156 -£10,132
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 99.9% | 99.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 12.97x | 14.29x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Burnside Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 December 2024, the company had net assets of £100 (2023 - £100). The company's parent undertaking has confirmed its intention to continue to arrange funding for the company, if necessary, to enable it both to meet its liabilities as they fall due and to carry on its business without a significant curtailment of operations. Accordingly these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- STORYTRAIN LIMITED · parent
- Storytrain Distribution FZ-LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of television programme production and exploitation of intellectual property rights associated with the Driver Dan's Story Train brand.”
- “Following completion of the production of series two of the animated television series entitled "Driver Dan's Story Train" in 2012, the company continues to exploit the intellectual property rights it owns in relation to the Driver Dan's Story Train brand across both programme rights and licencing of related products.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL ALI, Manal | Director | 2025-10-31 | Apr 1986 | Emirati |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Katherine | Secretary | 2006-07-24 | 2011-12-05 |
| TAYLOR, Arthur Mark | Secretary | 2006-05-10 | 2006-07-24 |
| AL KAABI, Khalifa Saeed Mohammed Ali | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| ANDERSON, Katrina Jasmin | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2020-01-29 |
| BORG, Wayne Gerald | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2013-12-19 |
| CLARKE, Ian Andrew | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2023-12-07 |
| ELGAR, Rebecca Susan | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2006-07-25 |
| FINLAYSON, Gordon Stanley | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2020-06-01 |
| HUGHES, Estelle Catherine | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2011-12-05 |
| MANNA, Ahmad | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2025-10-31 |
| REED, Teresa Margaret | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2011-12-05 |
| SULLIVAN, Francesca Alice Pidsley | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-03-13 |
| TAYLOR, Arthur Mark | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2011-12-05 |
| YOUNG, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2014-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company Pjsc | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-01 | Active |
| Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company Pjsc | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-20 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| The Media Zone Authority - Abu Dhabi | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-20 |
| Storytrain Distribution Fz-Llc | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-19 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.