COMINO MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£9.9m
+289.9% vs 2025
Net assets
-£8.2m
+87.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,402
-8.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£37m
+159.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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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 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £126,149,795 | £84,764,484 | £97,555,208 | +15.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£19,863,218 | -£31,927,925 | -£7,667,900 | +76% | |
| Profit before tax | -£28,615,870 | -£62,021,705 | £36,924,413 | +159.5% | |
| Net profit | -£23,238,268 | -£53,710,291 | £40,715,146 | +175.8% | |
| Cash | £14,224,022 | £2,550,016 | £9,943,067 | +289.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £92,558,794 | £71,045,673 | £82,397,102 | +16% | |
| Net assets | -£13,453,238 | -£67,945,179 | -£8,211,341 | +87.9% | |
| Equity | -£13,453,238 | -£67,945,179 | -£8,211,341 | +87.9% | |
| Average employees | 2,543 | 1,536 | 1,402 | -8.7% | |
| Wages | £100,774,492 | £74,701,203 | £70,649,157 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,201,416 | £741,134 | £814,499 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | £2,618 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £666,178 | £435,578 | £442,890 | +1.7% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -15.7% | -37.7% | -7.9% | |
| Net margin | -18.4% | -63.4% | 41.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -21.5% | -44.9% | -9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 112.0% | 182.1% | 108.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.70x | 2.11x | 2.49x | |
| Interest cover | -2.21x | -2.54x | -0.65x |
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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COMINO MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- Cinesite VFX Limited 100%
- Cinesite Incorporated 100%
- Image Engine Design Inc. 100%
- Cinesite Vancouver Inc. 100%
- Trixter GmbH 100%
- Cinesite LA Inc. 100%
- Assemblage Entertainment Pvt Ltd 56%
- Squeeze Studio Animation Inc. 60%
- Moov Animation Inc. 60%
- Creative Capture Studios 60%
- Imaginarium Studios LLC 60%
- Cinesite VIZ Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2025, the Company completed a debt restructuring arrangement with its principal lender. Under the terms of this arrangement, senior debt with a carrying value of £63,995,986 was extinguished.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPSTEIN, Ivan Michael | Director | 2026-03-03 | Feb 1961 | Portuguese |
| HUNT, Antony John | Director | 2018-12-05 | Nov 1961 | English |
| JACK, Jonathan Ross Kerr | Director | 2026-02-17 | Feb 1987 | British |
| KANARECK, Paul Samuel | Director | 2026-03-03 | Jan 1975 | British |
| NAGLE, Peter David | Director | 2026-03-03 | Jul 1960 | Irish |
| RODGER, Duncan Alexander | Director | 2018-12-05 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODSDEN, Richard David | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2014-09-16 |
| HOWELL, Mark | Director | 2013-04-17 | 2018-12-05 |
| LAMBERT, David Peter | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2013-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinesite Media Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Peter David Nagle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.