COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM HOLDINGS UK LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£72m
USD 97,522,000
-13.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£211m
USD -284,298,000
+6.8% vs 2024
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
3-year trend · vs Unclassified 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£226,279,847 | -£210,981,818 | +6.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,469,250 | -£226,279,847 | -£210,981,818 | +6.8% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £402,943,991 | £83,639,764 | £72,372,542 | -13.5% | |
| Net assets | £402,943,991 | £83,639,764 | £72,372,542 | -13.5% | |
| Equity | £402,943,991 | £83,639,764 | £72,372,542 | -13.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.7% | 3.4% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.53x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director believes that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM HOLDINGS UK LIMITED · parent
- CBS All Access International UK Holdings Limited 100%
- CBS Enterprises UK Limited 100%
- CBS International Television UK Limited 100%
- CBS Productions UK Holdings Limited 100%
- CBS Publishing UK Holdings Limited 100%
- ViacomCBS Interactive Holdings UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2025 the Company released all of its share premium of $177,000,000 to its distributable reserves.”
- “On 7 May 2025 the Company transferred all of its shares in its participation Paramount Global Canada Holdings Inc. to the Company's shareholder ViacomCBS International Distribution Inc. by way of distribution in specie.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-01-01 | — | — |
| GUBBINI, Gianluca | Director | 2024-03-01 | Aug 1966 | Italian |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-11-16 | 2022-12-31 |
| JONES, Richard Michael | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2024-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Skydance Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-07 | Active |
| Paramount Global | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-17 | Ceased 2025-08-07 |
| Cbs International Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-16 | Ceased 2021-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-04 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-04 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-04 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-24 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.