RED DRAGON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£29M
+12.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£51M
-40.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
353
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£13M
+38.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £219,588,000 | £167,371,000 | £160,984,000 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£13,693,000 | -£1,719,000 | £7,167,000 | +516.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£29,849,000 | -£20,978,000 | -£12,946,000 | +38.3% | |
| Net profit | -£24,254,000 | -£20,598,000 | -£14,624,000 | +29% | |
| Cash | £21,415,000 | £25,467,000 | £28,753,000 | +12.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,334,000 | £95,887,000 | £79,752,000 | -16.8% | |
| Net assets | -£12,202,000 | -£36,399,000 | -£51,197,000 | -40.7% | |
| Equity | -£12,202,000 | -£36,399,000 | -£51,197,000 | -40.7% | |
| Average employees | 478 | 395 | 353 | -10.6% | |
| Wages | £34,247,000 | £30,297,000 | £26,645,000 | -12.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,431,000 | £1,549,000 | £1,494,000 | -3.6% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | -1.0% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | -11.0% | -12.3% | -9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.2% | -1.8% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 106.3% | 120.1% | 130.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.72x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | -0.84x | -0.09x | 0.35x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Through the analysis performed, the directors are confident that the Company has sufficient cash flow resources to maintain operations for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual accounts.”
Group structure
- RED DRAGON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED · parent
- Red Dragon Acquisitions II Limited 100%
- Tinopolis Limited 100%
- Tina US Holdings LLC 100%
- A. Smith & Co Productions, LP 100%
- Upstream Media Limited 100%
- Firecracker Films Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since year end, the Group has extended the maturity dates of the £10m revolving credit facility and £139m term bank loans until March 2027 and September 2027, respectively.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Jennifer | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | — | — |
| DEARING, James | Director | 2025-04-24 | Jul 1976 | British |
| JONES, Owen Griffith Ronald | Director | 2008-05-14 | Dec 1948 | British |
| REES, William Arwel | Director | 2008-07-14 | Nov 1956 | British |
| ROBERTS, Jennifer | Director | 2010-01-14 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Julie Griffiths | Secretary | 2008-07-14 | 2009-12-01 |
| VITRUVIAN DIRECTORS II LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-02-07 | 2008-07-15 |
| FOULSER, Jeffrey | Director | 2008-07-14 | 2018-12-06 |
| MAIR, Angharad | Director | 2008-07-14 | 2018-12-06 |
| MILES, Sally | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2016-06-08 |
| ORIEL, Susan Margaret Julie | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2015-12-01 |
| VITRUVIAN DIRECTORS I LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-02-07 | 2008-07-15 |
| VITRUVIAN DIRECTORS II LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-01 | 2008-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinopolis Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-24 | Active |
| Dmwsl 575 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2021-03-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-04-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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.