THE DEVIL'S HOUR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14K
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-21 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £17,954,219 | £17,553,418 | £18,060,533 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£698 | £1,262,369 | £1,317,127 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £18 | £1,265,399 | £1,337,563 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £18 | £426 | £9,954 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,414,190 | £2,542,994 | £4,476,933 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,217 | £3,643 | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £3,604 | £13,558 | |
| Equity | £0 | — | £3,199 | £3,217 | £3,643 | £13,558 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 34 | 35 | 5 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,747,064 | £126,412 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-06-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-21 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -0.0% | 7.2% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -21.7% | 34651.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2386.33x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MGR Weston Kay LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“ITV plc, the ultimate holding company has indicated that for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, it intends to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company for the period covered by the going concern assessment.”
Significant events
- “On 29 November 2023, the UK government issued final legislation to reform the current system of Audio-Visual ("AV") tax credits to merge the four existing AV schemes (Film, High-End Television ("HETV"), Children's Television and Animation) into a single scheme of Audio-Visual Expenditure Credits ("AVEC") and has reviewed the qualifying criteria. The legislation was substantively enacted on 21 February 2024. The new scheme is one of expenditure credits as opposed to corporate tax relief, requiring a change to the accounting treatment to include them within statutory operating profit rather than within the consolidated tax charge. The company has claimed HETV tax credit relief for qualifying expenditure incurred before 1 January 2024 and new AV expenditure credits for qualifying expenditure incurred from 1 January 2024 onwards.”
- “The Company expects Series 3 to be launched globally in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEESBROUGH, Dan | Director | 2020-09-22 | Jun 1980 | British |
| GARDNER, Maxine Louise | Director | 2025-06-23 | Jan 1968 | Welsh |
| MCGRAYNOR, David Philip | Director | 2025-06-23 | Jun 1972 | Irish |
| VERTUE, Deborah | Director | 2020-09-22 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERTUE, Beryl Frances | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2022-02-12 |
| VERTUE, Susan Nicola | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2025-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartswood Films Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-10-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.