OUTPOST VFX LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
+70% vs 2025
Net assets
-£1.5m
+34.5% vs 2025
Employees
414
+0.2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£850k
+120.5% 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,391,437 | £23,795,805 | £29,894,257 | +25.6% | |
| Operating profit | £643,155 | -£3,829,633 | £874,201 | +122.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £483,058 | -£4,153,466 | £849,707 | +120.5% | |
| Net profit | -£529,917 | -£3,470,552 | £805,374 | +123.2% | |
| Cash | £4,656,784 | £1,249,531 | £2,124,409 | +70% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,807,364 | £1,058,842 | £1,585,747 | +49.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,193,593 | -£2,328,928 | -£1,526,083 | +34.5% | |
| Equity | £1,193,593 | -£2,328,928 | -£1,526,083 | +34.5% | |
| Average employees | 687 | 413 | 414 | +0.2% | |
| Wages | £22,432,750 | £15,881,736 | £16,954,579 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £596,671 | £642,830 | £662,293 | +3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,008 | £9,963 | £8,854 | -11.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £258,983 | £294,594 | £283,481 | -3.8% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | -16.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | -14.6% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | -361.7% | 55.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.0% | 132.7% | 120.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.09x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 3.17x | -10.93x | 34.70x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts, the available headroom and the sensitivities applied, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- OUTPOST VFX LIMITED · parent
- Outpost VFX Inc 100%
- Outpost VFX Inc 100%
- Outpost VFX Mumbai 100%
- OP Visual Effects Inc 100%
Significant events
- “The Directors would like to acknowledge the continued support of YFM and the Company's other shareholders throughout the period of industry disruption and its aftermath. Their backing has enabled the Company to navigate an unprecedented external shock, implement necessary structural changes and return the business to profitability, positioning it to capitalise on improving market conditions.”
- “With effect from 30 June 2025, the cumulative preferential dividend on the preference shares was frozen and ceases to accrue after that date. The frozen balance remains payable on a share sale or listing in accordance with the existing terms of the instrument.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIXSON, Geraint John | Director | 2017-10-11 | Aug 1988 | British |
| MCWILLIAM, Duncan | Director | 2012-11-13 | Mar 1977 | British |
| ROPER, Mark | Director | 2023-05-25 | Aug 1964 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Michael Alan | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2023-06-30 |
| BRITS, Roux | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2026-06-25 |
| CAMILLERI, Anthony William | Director | 2018-02-15 | 2019-09-10 |
| DODD, Simon John | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2019-09-02 |
| DUKE, Daniel Paul Kilpatrick | Director | 2017-08-28 | 2019-05-17 |
| HECKER-MESCHEDE, Karsten | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2019-11-08 |
| SHENFIELD, Robin Richard | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2023-05-12 |
| THOMPSON, Jeremy David | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2026-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Duncan Grant Mcwilliam | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-11-13 | Ceased 2021-02-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-03-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.