MOTION PICTURE LICENSING COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16m
Equity attributable
Employees
23
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.8m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Profit before tax
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,402,472 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,735,441 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,786,027 | — | |
| Net profit | £6,696,543 | — | |
| Cash | £1,007,245 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £16,385,641 | — | |
| Average employees | 23 | — | |
| Wages | £1,235,975 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 31.5% | |
| Net margin | 31.3% |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company remains profitable and has strong cash reserves. Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and as a minimum for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the MPLC Group was acquired by Tenzing III LP, Tenzing Belay LP, and Great Hill Partners GP VIII LP, resulting in a change in ultimate ownership.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNLIE, Mark Allan | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANIWALA, Zaffer Fazleabbas Hassanali | Secretary | 2012-05-29 | 2020-07-22 |
| KUYPER, Peter Walk | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2016-05-03 |
| KUYPER JR, Peter Walk | Director | 2014-01-14 | 2018-12-27 |
| MARESCA, Julie Sue | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| RYBERG, Hans | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2018-12-27 |
| TAYLOR, David John | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2026-03-24 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2021-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion Picture Licensing Company (International) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.