Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/06/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/09/2025Due 30/06/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/09/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/09/2025
THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 16 Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1LN
- Classification (SIC)
- Television programme production activities (59.11/3 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 29/06/2026View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30
- 30/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-18 with updates
- 30/06/2025View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
- 24/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-18 with no updates
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 18/09/2025Due 02/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 18/09/2026
- Last statement dated
- 18/09/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£553.79K2025
9.58%vs 20242024: £505.37K
Total Assets
£836.74K2025
15.63%vs 20242024: £723.62K
Cash in Bank
£262.87K2025
27.91%vs 20242024: £205.50K
Total Liabilities
£282.95K2025
29.65%vs 20242024: £218.24K
Employees
02025
0vs 20242024: 0
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 15.63% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +6.1% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | -12 |
| 2023 | 12 | -1 |
| 2022 | 13 | +3 |
| 2021 | 10 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 10 in 2021 to 0 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 06/04/2022–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 04/10/2013–23/10/2019 | 12 | |
| Director | 18/09/2002–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 28/01/2008–11/11/2013 | 2 | |
| Director | 18/09/2002–29/02/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 07/04/2022–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 18/09/2002–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 6 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 11
- Since 05/06/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 29/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 29/06/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 30/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 29/06/2026View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30
- 30/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-18 with updates
- 30/06/2025View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
- 24/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-18 with no updates
- 19/07/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 8 Attwood Place Worcester WR4 0SW England to 16 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LN on 2024-07-19
- 30/06/2024View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-09-30
- 08/04/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Registration of charge 045378430002, created on 2024-04-08
- 03/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 22 Regent Place Birmingham B1 3NJ to 8 Attwood Place Worcester WR4 0SW on 2023-10-03
- 03/10/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Mark Benson Vale as a person with significant control on 2023-10-03
- 03/10/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-09-18 with no updates
- 05/06/2023View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-09-30
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 16 Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1LN. Companies House classifies its business as Television programme production activities. It has been on the register for 24 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £553.79K and 0 employees. Its confirmation statement is past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED under one registered business activity: Television programme production activities (59.11/3 - SIC 2007).
THE CHARACTERSHOP LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/09/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £553.79K, total assets of £836.74K, cash in bank of £262.87K and total liabilities of £282.95K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 29/06/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/06/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/10/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 7 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.