Company Registration No. 15405142 (England and Wales)
Thursday Productions Ltd
Annual report and financial statements
for the period ended 31 May 2025
Thursday Productions Ltd
Company information
Directors
Christopher Floyd
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Christina Zimmer
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Jeffrey Small
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Company number
15405142
Registered office
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
Independent auditor
Saffery LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
Thursday Productions Ltd
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 7
Income statement
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 17
Thursday Productions Ltd
Strategic report
For the period ended 31 May 2025
1

The directors present the strategic report for the period ended 31 May 2025.

Fair review of the business

During the period the company was involved in production of a television programme. The company generated a profit after tax of £35,000 during the period, and at the period end had net assets of £35,100.

 

The directors consider the company's key financial performance indicator to be whether the production of the films is completed in line with the agreed budgets. At the period end date, the estimated final cost of the films were in line with the agreed budgets.

 

The directors consider the company's key non-financial performance indicator to be whether the films produced are completed and delivered in accordance with the agreed timescales.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The directors have reviewed the risks and resultant uncertainties facing the company and consider the principal risks to be legislative changes and the national economy.

 

The company makes little use of financial instruments other than an operational bank account and so its exposure to price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk is not material for the assessment of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company.

On behalf of the board

Christina Zimmer
Director
8 January 2026
Thursday Productions Ltd
Directors' report
For the period ended 31 May 2025
2

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the period ended 31 May 2025.

The company was incorporated on 11 January 2024 and began trading on the same day.
Principal activities

The principal activity of the company is that of television programme production.

Directors

The directors who held office during the period and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Christopher Floyd
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Christina Zimmer
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Jeffrey Small
(Appointed 11 January 2024)
Auditor

Saffery LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Medium-sized companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Christina Zimmer
Director
8 January 2026
Thursday Productions Ltd
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the period ended 31 May 2025
3

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

 

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

 

Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

 

 

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Independent auditor's report
To the member of Thursday Productions Ltd
4
Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Thursday Productions Ltd (the 'company') for the period ended 31 May 2025 which comprise the income statement, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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 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.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

 

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Thursday Productions Ltd
5

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

 

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Thursday Productions Ltd
6

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.

 

Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.

 

Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.

 

Audit response to risks identified

We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.

During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's member in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's member those matters we are required to state to the member in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Thursday Productions Ltd
7
Nigel Walde
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
9 January 2026
Statutory Auditors
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
ECV4 4BE
Thursday Productions Ltd
Income statement
For the period ended 31 May 2025
8
Period
ended
31 May
2025
Notes
£
Turnover
3
40,479,059
Cost of sales
(50,737,757)
Gross (loss)/profit
(10,258,698)
Administrative expenses
(26,750)
Other operating income
13,745,937
Profit before taxation
3,460,489
Tax on profit
5
(3,425,489)
Profit for the financial period
35,000

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Statement of financial position
As at 31 May 2025
9
2025
Notes
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
6
10,451,509
Cash at bank and in hand
175,820
10,627,329
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(10,592,229)
Net current assets
35,100
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
10
100
Profit and loss reserves
35,000
Total equity
35,100
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 8 January 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Christina Zimmer
Director
Company Registration No. 15405142
Thursday Productions Ltd
Statement of changes in equity
For the period ended 31 May 2025
10
Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 11 January 2024
-
-
0
-
Period ended 31 May 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
35,000
35,000
Issue of share capital
10
100
-
100
Balance at 31 May 2025
100
35,000
35,100
Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements
For the period ended 31 May 2025
11
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Thursday Productions Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BE.

1.1
Reporting period

Following incorporation on 11 January 2024, the financial statements have been prepared for the period to 31 May 2025 which is longer than one year. The period was lengthened to coincide with the production schedule.

1.2
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.3
Going concern

Atruet 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.

1.4
Turnover

In respect of long-term contracts for on-going services, turnover represents the value of work done in the period, including estimates of amounts not invoiced. Value of work done in respect of long-term contracts and contracts for on-going services is determined by reference to the stage of completion.

 

The "percentage of completion method" is used to determine the appropriate amount to recognise in a given period. The stage of completion is measured by the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed to date compared to the estimated total contract costs. Costs incurred in the period in connection with future activity on a contract are excluded from contract costs in determining the stage of completion. These costs are presented in stocks, prepayments or other assets depending on their nature, and provided it is probable they will be recoverable.

1.5
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
12
1.6
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.7
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.8
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
13
Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.9
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.10
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.11
Government grants

Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.

 

A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
14
2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit ("AVEC") estimate
The key accounting estimate within the financial statements for this company is the valuation of the AVEC available. The estimate is based on the assessment of the value of qualifying expenditure as per HMRC legislations and guidance plus assessment of the qualification of the underlying production as eligible for the AVEC.
In the directors opinion, there were no other critical judgements or other estimation uncertainties in these financial statements.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2025
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of rights
40,479,059
2025
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United States
40,479,059
2025
£
Other revenue
Grants receivable
13,701,955
Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
15
4
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:

2025
Number
Production
51

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2025
£
Wages and salaries
2,711,697
Social security costs
321,045
Pension costs
16,701
3,049,443
5
Taxation
2025
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
3,425,489

The actual charge for the period can be reconciled to the expected charge/(credit) for the period based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2025
£
Profit before taxation
3,460,489
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00%
865,122
Difference to profit arising per the accounts due to audio-visual expenditure credit claim
(8,112)
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes
9,927
Losses carried forward
2,558,552
Taxation charge for the period
3,425,489
Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
16
6
Debtors
2025
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
100
Other debtors
10,451,409
10,451,509
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
10,559,469
Accruals and deferred income
32,760
10,592,229
8
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
Defined contribution schemes
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
16,701

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

9
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The Company is due to make total payments of £1,109,673 to various contracted individuals involved in the production once the programme has been delivered.
10
Share capital
2025
2025
Ordinary share capital
Number
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
11
Related party transactions
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under paragraph 33.1a of FRS 102 from disclosing transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, where any subsidiary undertaking which is a party to the transaction is wholly owned by a member of that group.
Thursday Productions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 31 May 2025
17
12
Controlling party
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Storyteller Production Co., LLC, a company registered in the United States of America.
The directors consider the ultimate parent company to be Storyteller Holding Co., LLC, a company registered in the United States of America.
The smallest and largest group for which the accounts are prepared and of which the company is a member is Storyteller Holding Co., LLC. Copies of group accounts of Storyteller Holding Co., LLC can be obtained from 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 5121, Universal City, California 91608, USA.
The directors are unable to identify the ultimate controlling party of Storyteller Holding Co., LLC, if any.
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