BLUE ZOO MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-18.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
283
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+19.4% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £23,025,198 | £23,522,934 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,143,654 | £1,814,157 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,459,943 | £1,743,266 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,196,589 | £1,035,198 | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,996,305 | £4,094,462 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £9,484,700 | £10,422,545 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £9,293,008 | £10,328,206 | |
| Equity | — | — | £9,293,008 | £10,328,206 | |
| Average employees | 307 | 0 | 295 | 283 | |
| Wages | — | — | £11,729,295 | £11,305,811 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+2.2%
£23,025,198 £23,522,934
-
Cash
-18.1%
£4,996,305 £4,094,462
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£9,293,008 £10,328,206
-
Employees
-4.1%
295 283
-
Operating profit
+58.6%
£1,143,654 £1,814,157
-
Profit before tax
+19.4%
£1,459,943 £1,743,266
-
Wages
-3.6%
£11,729,295 £11,305,811
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.0% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 9.5% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 12.1% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.98x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 30.47x | 15.42x |
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
- HW Fisher Audit
- 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 and 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
- BLUE ZOO MEDIA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Blue Zoo Productions Limited 100%
- AnimDojo Limited 75%
- Blue Pony Productions Limited 100%
- Blue Zoo Rights Limited 90%
- Blue Zoo Animation Studio Ltd 100%
- Mishmash Productions Limited 50%
- Big Tree City Limited 100%
- Blue Hex Productions Ltd 100%
- Brighton Zoo Limited 52%
- Blue Zoo Digital Limited 50%
- Blue Zoo Licensing Limited 75%
Significant events
- “A subsidiary was served notice by the landlord of their main office premises on 17 June 2024 to end the lease on 1 January 2025. A lease agreement was entered into by Blue Zoo Media Group Limited for a new office premises on 13 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX, Thomas Evan | Director | 2021-12-07 | Mar 1979 | British |
| HYATT, Oliver Richard | Director | 2021-12-07 | Mar 1979 | British |
| ISMAN, Daniel | Director | 2021-12-07 | Feb 1964 | Australian |
| SHAW, Adam Nicholas | Director | 2021-12-07 | May 1978 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Richard Hyatt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-07 | Ceased 2021-12-07 |
| Mr Thomas Evan Box | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-07 | Active |
| Mr Adam Nicholas Shaw | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-07 | Active |
| Mr Oliver Richard Hyatt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-10 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-10 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-03-28 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.