BLUE ANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£840k
USD 1,132,697
-47.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.8m
USD 13,267,634
+2.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
10
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors of the group headed by Blue Ant Media Inc, (the parent company of Blue Ant International Limited) have confirmed that they will not seek repayment of the outstanding liability of $13,086,760 owed to fellow group companies until such time as the company is able to repay without compromising its ability to continue to trade and meet its external liabilities as they fall due.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,335,747 | £20,569,620 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,457,930 | £1,389,422 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,458,144 | £1,379,160 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,031,174 | — | £429,935 | — | |
| Cash | £1,470,731 | £1,590,922 | £840,030 | -47.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,871,030 | £9,633,216 | £9,839,539 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | £8,474,177 | £9,633,216 | £9,839,539 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £8,474,177 | £9,633,216 | £9,839,539 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 8 | 10 | +25% | |
| Wages | £1,219,838 | £1,527,838 | £1,715,331 | +12.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £235,666 | £319,021 | £257,495 | -19.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,509 | £13,398 | £7,177 | -46.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £137,755 | £193,367 | £204,176 | +5.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 6.8% | — | |
| Net margin | 11.7% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 14.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.8% | 62.3% | 64.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.84x | 0.78x |
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
- BLUE ANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2015-06-12 → present
- BLUE ANT MEDIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2015-06-08 → 2015-06-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors of the group headed by Blue Ant Media Inc, (the parent company of Blue Ant International Limited) have confirmed that they will not seek repayment of the outstanding liability of $13,086,760 owed to fellow group companies until such time as the company is able to repay without compromising its ability to continue to trade and meet its external liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- BLUE ANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Drive Media Rights Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 December 2024, 100% of the Share Capital of Drive Media Rights Limited was transferred from Ben Barrett Consulting Limited and Lillavision Limited (previously owned 50% each) to Blue Ant International Limited.”
- “On 15 April 2025, Drive Television Limited, Ben Barrett Consulting Limited and Lillavision Limited were dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMMER, Astrid | Secretary | 2020-03-01 | — | — |
| BLANKSMA, Gerbrig Nynke | Director | 2020-04-08 | Mar 1982 | Dutch |
| MCKEE, Chiara Maria | Director | 2018-10-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
| WALKER, Omosefe Efeyini | Director | 2022-05-17 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIERE, Asha | Secretary | 2015-06-08 | 2020-02-29 |
| CHASE, Robb Scott | Director | 2015-06-08 | 2017-09-14 |
| JEFFREY, George Anthony | Director | 2020-07-08 | 2021-10-20 |
| KHANNA, Raja | Director | 2015-06-08 | 2017-09-14 |
| LEE, Jago Thomas Beaufort | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2019-10-18 |
| PARKINSON, Joanne Lesley | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2017-08-28 |
| SNIDERMAN, Samuel Jeffrey | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2018-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Macmillan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.