STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
-72.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9M
+43.8% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£15,219,377 | -£8,420,189 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,372,227 | -£8,639,518 | |
| Net profit | -£15,330,956 | -£8,639,518 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £11,951,123 | £3,311,605 | |
| Equity | £11,951,123 | £3,311,605 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-72.3%
£11,951,123 £3,311,605
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+44.7%
-£15,219,377 -£8,420,189
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Profit before tax
+43.8%
-£15,372,227 -£8,639,518
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.64x | |
| Interest cover | -61.76x | -31.42x |
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
- STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED 2013-10-23 → present
- NEWINCCO 1266 LIMITED 2013-09-18 → 2013-10-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding net current liabilities of £3,753,055 (2023: £3,500,537). The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by a letter from Groupe Canal+ SA.”
Group structure
- STUDIOCANAL SERIES LIMITED · parent
- Red Production Company Limited 100%
- Guilty Party Pictures Limited 32%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GABBAY, Jeremy | Director | 2018-10-15 | Dec 1983 | French |
| KENNEDY, Mary-Kathryn | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1975 | American |
| MARSH, Anna Louise | Director | 2019-12-16 | Apr 1979 | New Zealander |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| BESSI, Romain Maurice Louis | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-09-30 |
| COURSON, Olivier René Noël | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2015-10-01 |
| CRITCHLEY, Andrew Brian | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2019-09-30 |
| DE VIGOUROUX D'ARVIEU, Elisabeth Anne Marie | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2018-10-15 |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2021-12-14 | 2025-09-01 |
| LUPFER, Didier | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| MACKIE, Christopher Alan | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| SHINDLER, Nicola | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2020-11-18 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-18 | 2013-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal+ Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-13 | Active |
| Vivendi Se | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.