CURVE MEDIA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-02 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-18
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-51.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-8.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
58
-18.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£598K
-32.3% 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
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,064,980 | £13,741,345 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £878,327 | £590,562 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £882,881 | £597,603 | |
| Net profit | — | £783,803 | £691,314 | £576,421 | |
| Cash | — | £1,586,031 | £3,699,586 | £1,801,453 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,972,701 | £2,105,479 | £1,919,407 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,088,683 | £1,915,104 | |
| Equity | £1,188,898 | £1,972,701 | £2,088,683 | £1,915,104 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 71 | 58 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,062,031 | £1,496,041 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £729,517 | £664,167 |
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
-14.5%
£16,064,980 £13,741,345
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Cash
-51.3%
£3,699,586 £1,801,453
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Net assets
-8.3%
£2,088,683 £1,915,104
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Employees
-18.3%
71 58
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Operating profit
-32.8%
£878,327 £590,562
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Profit before tax
-32.3%
£882,881 £597,603
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Wages
-27.4%
£2,062,031 £1,496,041
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 | 2022-04-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.5% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.3% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 41.7% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.35x | 1.61x |
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
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group made a profit in 2024 and had net assets. Directors have prepared detailed forecasts through to 31 Dec 2027, anticipating the Group will remain profitable and cash generative. They are committed to ensuring liabilities can be met for at least 12 months from approval. Thus, directors consider the going concern basis appropriate.”
Group structure
- CURVE MEDIA LTD · parent
- Curve Story Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional items relate to costs incurred in connection with the sale of a majority stake of the Group to Serafin 26. Verwaltungs GmbH.”
- “On 8 May 2025 the Company entered into a new production loan facility from Coutts & Company. Interest is charged at a rate of 1.65% over the Coutts Base Rate and there is a fixed charge over the right, title and interest of the relevant production Series. The loan is due for repayment on 1 September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUER, Christoph | Director | 2023-11-15 | Aug 1987 | Austrian |
| CAREY, Robert Barry | Director | 2014-04-17 | Oct 1972 | British |
| KOEHLER, Daniel Richard | Director | 2026-04-15 | Jun 1986 | German |
| LEWIS, Camilla Rachel | Director | 2014-04-29 | Jan 1969 | British |
| SOCHER, Dominik Mathias, Dr | Director | 2022-10-31 | Aug 1978 | German |
| TAYLOR, Iain Alasdair | Director | 2014-04-17 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, Paul | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2024-03-26 |
| KLOIBER, Herbert Leopold | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2026-03-26 |
| SYKES, Steven Kim | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2014-04-17 |
| VALAITIS, Peter Anthony | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2013-11-18 |
| BBC STUDIOS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2015-04-21 | 2022-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serafin 26. Verwaltungs Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-03-02 | Active |
| Herbert Leopold Kloiber | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-31 | Ceased 2026-03-26 |
| Serafin 26. Verwaltungs Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-10-31 | Ceased 2022-10-31 |
| Phillip Haindl | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-31 | Active |
| Mr Robert Barry Carey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-31 |
| Ms Camilla Rachel Lewis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-19 | 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
- 12
- 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.