VAMPIRE SQUID PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
USD 2,723,865
+8,788,687% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
USD 14,107,517
-0.1% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£922k
USD 1,242,213
+23.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-17.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,427,494 | £2,282,141 | £1,659,177 | -27.3% | |
| Operating profit | £983,372 | £729,026 | £885,193 | +21.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £983,372 | £747,417 | £921,865 | +23.3% | |
| Net profit | £771,373 | £502,018 | £697,754 | +39% | |
| Cash | £1,051,582 | £23 | £2,021,421 | +8,788,687% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,727,370 | £10,600,557 | -1.2% | |
| Net assets | £9,834,136 | £10,480,176 | £10,469,400 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | £9,834,136 | £10,480,176 | £10,469,400 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | — | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.5% | 31.9% | 53.4% | |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 22.0% | 42.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.8% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 11.5% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.04x | 6.29x | 7.75x |
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
- VAMPIRE SQUID PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2011-10-20 → present
- OCTONAUTS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2011-09-08 → 2011-10-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- VAMPIRE SQUID PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- OCT 85 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company is a defendant in legal proceedings relating to allegations of breach of contract and certain associated claims arising from a licensing arrangement. The proceedings remain at an early stage and have not been resolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, Hongtao | Director | 2026-06-19 | Jul 1970 | Chinese |
| ZHU, Tao | Director | 2026-06-19 | May 1985 | Chinese |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLI, Waheed, Lord | Director | 2011-09-08 | 2022-09-26 |
| ANGUELOVA, Maria | Director | 2022-10-05 | 2025-12-10 |
| ASTOR, William Waldorf, Viscount | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2022-10-05 |
| COLE, David Douglas | Director | 2011-09-08 | 2013-12-03 |
| DURKAN, Mary Margaret | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2015-03-26 |
| D’AMBROSIA, Joseph Vincent | Director | 2022-09-26 | 2025-12-10 |
| FARNATH, Jeffrey Dodd | Director | 2016-11-09 | 2017-10-16 |
| GUPPY, David Roland | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2016-11-09 |
| LIAO, Hongbin | Director | 2022-11-22 | 2026-06-19 |
| LIN, Zhang | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2025-12-23 |
| LIU, Thomas | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2022-11-22 |
| XIAO, Li | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2022-11-22 |
| ZHANG, Chunyuan | Director | 2022-11-22 | 2026-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Yu Huang | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-07-06 | Active |
| Sony Group Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-06 | Ceased 2025-12-10 |
| Mr Wang Jianlin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-10-16 | Ceased 2026-07-06 |
| Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-11 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.