CINESITE MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
£9.9m
+289.9% vs 2025
Net assets
-£9.1m
+86.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,403
-8.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£37m
+158.9% highest in 3 filed years
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.
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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 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £126,149,795 | £84,764,484 | £97,555,208 | +15.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£20,025,651 | -£32,042,765 | -£7,819,168 | +75.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£28,778,303 | -£62,420,256 | £36,773,145 | +158.9% | |
| Net profit | -£23,391,367 | -£54,080,132 | £40,601,696 | +175.1% | |
| Cash | £14,224,023 | £2,550,016 | £9,943,115 | +289.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £92,154,092 | £70,272,135 | £81,511,115 | +16% | |
| Net assets | -£13,857,949 | -£68,718,715 | -£9,097,328 | +86.8% | |
| Equity | -£16,122,689 | -£68,718,715 | -£9,097,328 | +86.8% | |
| Average employees | 2,544 | 1,537 | 1,403 | -8.7% | |
| Wages | £100,870,333 | £74,777,338 | £70,737,307 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,201,416 | £741,134 | £776,700 | +4.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £666,178 | £435,578 | £442,890 | +1.7% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -15.9% | -37.8% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | -18.5% | -63.8% | 41.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -21.7% | -45.6% | -9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 112.5% | 179.1% | 109.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.12x | 2.49x | |
| Interest cover | -2.23x | -2.55x | -0.67x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reached this assessment in reviewing trading and cash flow forecasts for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, alongside the return to positive EBITDA and the effect of the FY26 recapitalisation...”
Group structure
- CINESITE MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Comino Media Limited 100%
- Cinesite VFX Limited 100%
- Cinesite Incorporated 100%
- Image Engine Design Inc. 100%
- Cinesite Vancouver inc. 100%
- Trixter GmbH 100%
- Cinesite LA Inc. 100%
- Assemblage Entertainment Pvt Ltd 56%
- Squeeze Studio Animation Inc. 60%
- Moov Animation Inc. 60%
- Creative Capture Studios Ltd 60%
- Imaginarium Studios LLC 60%
- Cinesite VIZ Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2025, a subsidiary completed a debt restructuring arrangement with its principal lenders. Under the terms of this arrangement, senior debt with a carrying value of £63,995,986 and £1,465,722 of unpaid deal fees were extinguished.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPSTEIN, Ivan Michael | Director | 2026-03-03 | Feb 1961 | Portuguese |
| HUNT, Antony John | Director | 2018-12-05 | Nov 1961 | English |
| KANARECK, Paul Samuel | Director | 2026-03-03 | Jan 1975 | British |
| NAGLE, Peter David | Director | 2026-03-03 | Jul 1960 | Irish |
| RODGER, Duncan Alexander | Director | 2018-12-05 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL, Mark | Director | 2018-09-18 | 2018-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter David Nagle | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-11-30 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Howell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-18 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-06-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-06-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-25 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-09-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-06-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.