FIREBIRD PICTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+26.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£1M
+99.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
12
+20% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£591K
+151.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £5,880,137 | £3,341,769 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£1,153,838 | £657,022 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£1,144,797 | £590,914 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£1,144,797 | £592,151 | |
| Cash | £1,212,664 | £523,997 | £254,793 | £1,002,246 | £1,269,551 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,128,735 | £431,232 | £245,012 | £594,115 | £1,185,029 | |
| Net assets | £1,125,299 | £429,360 | £243,775 | £592,878 | £1,185,029 | |
| Equity | £1,125,299 | £429,360 | £243,775 | £592,878 | £1,185,029 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,085,871 | £1,320,353 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £420,000 | £420,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-43.2%
£5,880,137 £3,341,769
-
Cash
+26.7%
£1,002,246 £1,269,551
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+99.9%
£592,878 £1,185,029
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+20%
10 12
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+156.9%
-£1,153,838 £657,022
-
Profit before tax
+151.6%
-£1,144,797 £590,914
-
Wages
+21.6%
£1,085,871 £1,320,353
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -19.6% | 19.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -19.5% | 17.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -194.2% | 55.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.65x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 9.49x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FIREBIRD PICTURES LIMITED · parent
- Wilder (UK) Productions Limited 100%
- Consent Productions Limited 100%
- Mitrageous Limited 100%
- Small Pier Productions Limited 100%
- Belladonna Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A subsidiary of the company, Consent Productions Limited, was closed on 22 April 2025. As a result, an investment balance of £100 will be fully impaired in the subsequent period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, Julie | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| GARSIDE, Matthew James | Director | 2022-09-20 | May 1983 | British |
| HOLLEWORTH, Craig Barry | Director | 2019-02-12 | Nov 1971 | British |
| KILGARRIFF, Elizabeth Clare | Director | 2019-02-12 | Dec 1976 | British |
| BBC STUDIOS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-02-28 | — | — |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORRIETTE, Anthony | Secretary | 2024-09-26 | 2025-10-01 |
| RYLAND, Jackline | Secretary | 2022-09-20 | 2024-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbc Studios Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-20 | Active |
| Ms Elizabeth Kilgarriff | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-02-12 | Ceased 2022-09-20 |
| Craig Holleworth | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-12 | Ceased 2022-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-10-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.