EUROPEAN MASTER PICTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£386
-97.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£74M
+2.9% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-20.6% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,128,988 | £12,843,500 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,105,541 | £4,883,771 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £2,043,981 | £1,622,153 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,781,176 | £2,108,613 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £15,315 | £386 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £101,798,651 | £104,657,264 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £71,798,651 | £73,907,264 | |
| Equity | £64,887,188 | £66,260,100 | — | — | £71,798,651 | £73,907,264 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £63,033 | £62,494 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-20.4%
£16,128,988 £12,843,500
-
Cash
-97.5%
£15,315 £386
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£71,798,651 £73,907,264
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
+19%
£4,105,541 £4,883,771
-
Profit before tax
-20.6%
£2,043,981 £1,622,153
-
Wages
-0.9%
£63,033 £62,494
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 25.5% | 38.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 11.0% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 4.0% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 19.41x | 21.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2.06x | 2.03x |
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
- EUROPEAN MASTER PICTURES LIMITED 2022-07-06 → present
- OLD MASTERS FINE ART LIMITED 2013-06-25 → 2022-07-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are pleased with the strong trading achieved in the year and post year end management accounts report continuing sales and positive EBITDA. The strength of the company' stock book provides a sound basis for future profitable trading while, at the same time, the directors continue to look to source quality new work to bring to the market. Banking facilities are agreed for a period of at least twelve months and the directors believe it is appropriate for the accounts to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Nigel Paul | Secretary | 2013-09-25 | — | — |
| ASHLEY, Philip Harry | Director | 2013-09-25 | Mar 1952 | British |
| MORTON MORRIS, John Edward | Director | 2016-06-27 | Jul 1950 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Michael Gordon | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2023-12-31 |
| SUTCH, Andrew Lang | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2013-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Lang Sutch | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2018-02-15 | Active |
| Mr William Dixon Leefe | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2018-02-15 | Active |
| Mr Philip Harry Ashley | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2018-02-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | 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
- 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.