UNTOLD STUDIOS LIMITED
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Cash
£665K
-42.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£9M
-3.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
282
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£267K
-158.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £40,708,694 | £41,072,831 | +0.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | £957,057 | £281,718 | -70.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £459,653 | -£267,365 | -158.2% | |
| Net profit | — | £447,633 | -£323,778 | -172.3% | |
| Cash | £2,930,511 | £1,157,234 | £664,699 | -42.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £832,414 | -£3,387,297 | -£2,898,396 | +14.4% | |
| Net assets | -£4,242,134 | -£8,656,271 | -£8,979,871 | -3.7% | |
| Equity | -£4,242,134 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 142 | 275 | 282 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | — | £4,523,791 | £5,115,980 | +13.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £700,625 | £875,458 | +25% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.4% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.1% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 223.2% | 263.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.64x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.92x | 0.50x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- UNTOLD STUDIOS LIMITED · parent
- Untold Studios US INC 100%
- Sparro Technologies Limited 100%
- Untold Studios Private Limited 99.99%
- Prism Animation Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “With writers and actors strike of 2023 continuing to cast a shadow in 2024, market conditions were harder and combined with a general economic slowdown which impacted advertising.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Neil | Director | 2018-07-06 | Jun 1968 | British |
| DORFMAN, Charles Samuel | Director | 2018-07-06 | Jun 1983 | British |
| GOLANT, Farah Ramzan | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1964 | British |
| IRWIN, Jake William Hogarth | Director | 2018-06-12 | Feb 1975 | British |
| O'KELLY, Darren | Director | 2018-07-06 | May 1976 | Irish |
| WOLFSON, Michael Barry | Director | 2018-07-06 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGYEMFRA, Akua Aku | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-02-25 |
| GLAZER, Kerry Marina | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2024-09-26 |
| JOSEPH, Patrick | Director | 2018-07-06 | 2025-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorfman Media Holdings Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-06-12 | Ceased 2018-07-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-16 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.