GREAT BOWERY (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-22.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-38.1% first positive since 2020
Employees
74
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-103.6% 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
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £41,297,785 | £36,576,023 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,399,637 | -£2,863,640 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,405,447 | -£2,861,846 | |
| Net profit | -£506,292 | — | £1,117,087 | — | -£972,661 | — | £955,515 | — | -£1,194,347 | -£2,233,412 | |
| Cash | £5,942,832 | — | £6,434,850 | — | £4,756,855 | — | £6,091,736 | — | £6,342,048 | £4,919,527 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,511,737 | — | £10,217,468 | — | £9,439,432 | — | £10,219,875 | — | £7,470,692 | £4,496,429 | |
| Net assets | -£24,890,749 | — | -£23,773,662 | — | £7,746,619 | — | £8,702,134 | — | £6,031,243 | £3,733,916 | |
| Equity | -£24,890,749 | -£24,890,749 | -£23,773,662 | -£23,773,662 | £7,746,619 | £7,746,619 | £8,702,134 | £8,702,134 | £6,031,243 | £3,733,916 | |
| Average employees | 83 | — | 66 | — | 58 | — | 70 | — | 74 | 74 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £6,553,904 | £6,506,038 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,233,227 | £1,089,940 |
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
-
Turnover
-11.4%
£41,297,785 £36,576,023
-
Cash
-22.4%
£6,342,048 £4,919,527
-
Net assets
-38.1%
£6,031,243 £3,733,916
first positive since 2020
-
Employees
0%
74 74
-
Operating profit
-104.6%
-£1,399,637 -£2,863,640
-
Profit before tax
-103.6%
-£1,405,447 -£2,861,846
-
Wages
-0.7%
£6,553,904 £6,506,038
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -3.4% | -7.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.9% | -6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -18.7% | -63.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73.4% | 79.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.10x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -168.12x | — |
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
- GREAT BOWERY (UK) LIMITED 2015-08-24 → present
- HONOR AMONG THIEVES (UK) LIMITED 2014-02-05 → 2015-08-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The parent company, Great Bowery Inc., has confirmed financial support for the foreseeable future. The Group remains a going concern based on current forecasts, cost containment measures, and pipeline confidence.”
Group structure
- GREAT BOWERY (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Camilla Lowther Limited 100%
- Management and Production Limited 100%
- GB Productions UK Ltd 100%
- Great Bowery Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Trunk Images (UK) Limited 100%
- Streeters Holdings Limited 100%
- CLM (NY) LLP 100%
- Wide Angle Limited 100%
- Bowie Agency Ltd 100%
- Care Of Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUHAMMAD, Wali | Director | 2018-04-06 | Aug 1980 | British |
| ROELL, Andreas Peter | Director | 2025-11-10 | Sep 1973 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-02-05 | 2015-07-20 |
| BROWNING, Michael | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2025-01-10 |
| COMPANIK, Richard | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2018-04-06 |
| LAZO, Sandee Elizabeth | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2017-11-28 |
| MONEYPENNY, Matthew | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2017-05-07 |
| SANDS, Elizabeth | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2025-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andreas Peter Roell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-05 | Active |
| Mr William Edward Flatley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-05 | Active |
| Macquarie Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-30 | Ceased 2025-09-05 |
| Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.