LOCKSMITH ANIMATION LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£5,732,263
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continues to be that of the development and production of animated feature films.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-04-23
- Employees
- 46 (2024 accounts · was 52 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 7 Savoy Court, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0EX
- Postcode
- WC2R 0EX
- Capital
- 474 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-01
- Financial year end
- 1 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-26
- Next due by
- 2027-05-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 59111 Motion picture production activities
Officers 8 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Creative Worker (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB415962 (Tier 1), registered since 2022.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- locksmithanimation.com
- Phone
- +44 2076376780
We're Locksmith Animation - An independent animation studio that produce high-quality CG animation features and series, based in London and Los Angeles. We bring together a team of Oscar-winning industry leaders and world-class creative talent in a filmmaker-led studio.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WISHMAKER ANIMATION LTD | 2014-01-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HANOVER HOUSE 14 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W1S 1HP | 2019-07-26 |
| HANOVER HOUSE 14 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W1S 1HP, UNITED KINGDOM | 2014-06-24 |
| SUITE 13 8 PERCY STREET, LONDON, W1T 1DJ | 2014-06-23 |
| 69 LOUGHBOROUGH RD, WEST BRIDGFORD, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7LA, UNITED KINGDOM | 2014-02-07 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 691 similar companies in WC
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (46 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2013.
No.2 of the largest motion picture production activities companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among motion picture production activities in London.
The class of 2013
34%
of the 1,684 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-16
- Where
- Greater London (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL986982 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-04-16 | — |
| NGL975013 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-11-29 | — |
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