ONCE UPON A TIME GLOBAL LTD

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  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2026-04-30.

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

• Turnover

  -31.4%

  £61,574,384 → £42,262,670

• Cash

  -37.1%

  £3,689,524 → £2,319,834

• Net assets

  +3.5%

  £8,971,169 → £9,285,197

• Employees

  -0.4%

  240 → 239

• Operating profit

  -18.6%

  £2,589,817 → £2,107,483

• Profit before tax

  +139.8%

  -£2,029,815 → £807,336

• Wages

  -11.4%

  £11,455,876 → £10,150,335

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Hurst Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. ONCE UPON A TIME GLOBAL LTD · parent
   1. Once Upon a Time London Ltd 100% · UK · Intermediate holding company
   2. Once Upon a Time Marketing Limited 100% · UK · Advertising agency
   3. Once Upon a Time Music Limited 100% · UK · Integrated project management for the music and film industries
   4. Once Upon a Time Media Limited 100% · UK · Media planning and buying
   5. Once Upon a Time Activation Limited 100% · UK · Design and production agency
   6. Once Upon a Time Content Limited 100% · UK · Producers of creative content for the entertainment industry
   7. Once Upon a Time United States, Inc. 100% · USA · Intermediate holding company
   8. Once Upon a Time Hospitality, Inc. 100% · USA · Branding and digital advertising agency
   9. Once Upon a Time Trustee Limited 100% · UK · Dormant corporate trustee
   10. Once Upon a Time Marketing PTY Limited 100% · Australia · Advertising agency

Significant events

• “In September 2024, we entered into a lease on an office in LA to support our increasing activities there whilst we have also set up an office in Sydney to support activity in the Australian and wider APAC market.”
• “Following the year end, the Group established a new subsidiary, Once Upon A Time Marketing, Inc., and opened a new office in the United States. The establishment of the subsidiary represents a strategic step in the Group's expansion plans, aimed at enhancing its presence in the North American market.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.