UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Amounts are in USD (the currency of the accounts).
† UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 59131Where the company stands among the 601 active companies whose first SIC code is 59131 (Motion picture distribution activities).
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- UNIVERSAL PICTURES SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION LIMITED£48m
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- BLACK BEAR PICTURES UK LIMITED£12.4m
- UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION LIMITED£6m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09074960. It was incorporated on 6 Jun 2014. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (WC2H). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is motion picture distribution activities (59131), video distribution activities (59132), television programme distribution activities (59133), activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was 2,203 USD. Profit for the year was 204 USD. Net assets were 878 USD, up 0.6% on the previous year. Total assets were 1,715 USD and total liabilities 836 USD. The company had an average of 127 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 601 active companies whose first SIC code is 59131: It is older than 56% of them (median age 10.7 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 40 days to pay suppliers, and 87% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 22 Aug 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 2,372 | 2,203 |
| Profit for the year | 221 | 204 |
| Total assets | 1,857 | 1,715 |
| Total liabilities | 983 | 836 |
| Net assets / total equity | 873 | 878 |
| Average number of employees | 116 | 127 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 40 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 87%
- Standard payment terms
- 1–35 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 55%
- 31 to 60 days 26%
- After 60 days 19%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2026
- 40
- 55%
- 87%
- 31 Dec 2025
- 124
- 22%
- 84%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 35
- 65%
- 64%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 60
- 54%
- 49%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 57
- 49%
- 58%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 47
- 59%
- 52%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 46
- 34%
- 75%
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
History
4 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover 2,203 USD, net assets 878 USD, 127 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover 2,372 USD, net assets 873 USD, 116 employees
- Comcast Corporation registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.