72 FILMS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.8m
-31.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.8m
-44.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
-23% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.1m
-53.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,629,904 | £37,773,160 | £18,413,131 | -51.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,780,929 | £6,527,501 | £2,982,769 | -54.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,798,570 | £6,704,425 | £3,099,884 | -53.8% | |
| Net profit | £3,870,861 | £5,443,137 | £1,966,829 | -63.9% | |
| Cash | £6,921,072 | £8,556,483 | £5,846,258 | -31.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,542,143 | £6,834,912 | £3,963,521 | -42% | |
| Net assets | £6,462,982 | £6,785,926 | £3,758,282 | -44.6% | |
| Equity | £6,462,982 | £6,785,926 | £3,758,282 | -44.6% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 87 | 67 | -23% | |
| Wages | £4,646,353 | £5,850,728 | £5,177,571 | -11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £266,297 | £372,861 | £379,532 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,529 | £14,961 | £12,790 | -14.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £132,926 | £188,544 | £190,434 | +1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.3% | 17.3% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 14.4% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 73.1% | 95.5% | 75.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.8% | 59.9% | 68.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.64x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 98.63x |
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
- 72 FILMS LIMITED 2016-06-15 → present
- NEWINCCO 1403 LIMITED 2016-03-21 → 2016-06-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the group and parent company financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- 72 FILMS LIMITED · parent
- Raven Facilities Limited 100%
- DDE Films Limited 100%
- LBJ Films Limited 100%
- Eiffel Films Limited 100%
- Bulldog TV Limited 100%
- Barbados TV Limited 100%
- Cowboy Productions Limited 100%
- GC Blues Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Slade Films Limited and Syracuse Films Limited, which were 100% owned by 72 Films Limited, were both dissolved in May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Amelia Gwendola Clifton | Director | 2024-03-04 | Nov 1979 | British |
| GLOVER, David John Simon | Director | 2016-03-21 | Jul 1973 | British |
| RAPHAEL, Mark Andrew | Director | 2016-03-21 | Nov 1971 | British |
| RICHTER, Jens-Uwe | Director | 2023-05-05 | Nov 1965 | German |
| SCROSATI, Andrea | Director | 2023-05-05 | Jan 1972 | Italian |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREAE, Simon Edward | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2023-05-05 |
| BOTT, Andrew | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2023-05-05 |
| CHANG, Amanda | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2024-03-04 |
| BBC STUDIOS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-07-25 | 2021-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantlemedia Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-08 | Active |
| Mr David John Simon Glover | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2022-11-08 |
| Mr Mark Andrew Raphael | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2022-11-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.