MERMAN-SAPPHIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£273K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1
Equity attributable
Employees
5
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2025-04-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,821,425 | £4,402,843 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,887,242 | -£1,349,024 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,887,242 | -£1,349,024 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | £771,329 | £272,923 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 | |
| Equity | £1 | £1 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 5 | |
| Wages | £2,049,209 | £437,193 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,996,196 | £262,081 |
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 2024-04-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -17.9% | -30.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x |
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
- Saffery 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.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company was involved in the production of a television series.”
- “The programme has received its Interim British Film Certificate in respect of the series it is producing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORGAN, Sharon Loren | Director | 2023-03-02 | Jul 1970 | British |
| PARKINSON, Rebecca | Director | 2023-03-02 | Nov 1972 | British |
| SIDEY, Jacqueline Jane | Director | 2023-03-02 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTFORD, Clelia Christina | Director | 2023-03-02 | 2024-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merman Television Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 9 of 9 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-02 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.