MAIDSTONE STUDIOS LIMITED
Company number 01471172 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Maidstone Studios Limited presents a medium risk profile, balancing a solid £4.58M asset base against declining net assets, halved working capital, and a significant 80% increase in related-party rent that likely caused a 2025 pre-dividend loss. The £5.2M disposal of production assets indicates a strategic pivot, necessitating a review of future revenue streams. While current filings are compliant and solvency is not yet threatened, the deteriorating liquidity position and reliance on group debtors require immediate and targeted investigation.
Shareholders' funds
£4,581,497
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-01-04
- Employees
- 20 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Vinters Park, New Cut Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5NZ
- Postcode
- ME14 5NZ
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-10-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 60200 Television programming and broadcasting activities
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 4 current · 29 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by DOVEDALE ASSOCIATES LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA554905 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- maidstonestudios.com
- Phone
- 01622 600 000
Leading UK TV and film studios, in Kent. Flexible studio hire, office space and production facilities with excellent connectivity.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE FAMILY CHANNEL STUDIOS LIMITED | 1996-05-10 |
| TVS PRODUCTION LIMITED | 1993-09-08 |
| SOUTH & SOUTH-EAST COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 1985-02-12 |
| SOUTH-EAST COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 1980-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1 GENESIS BUSINESS PARK, ALBERT DRIVE, WOKING, SURREY GU21 5RW | 2002-12-11 |
| 95 THE PROMENADE, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL50 1WG | 2002-01-02 |
| THE QUADRANGLE, IMPERIAL SQUARE, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL50 1YX | 2001-05-10 |
| VINTERS PARK, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 5NZ | 1996-05-21 |
| TELEVISION CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, SO9 5HZ | 1993-01-12 |
| TELEVISION CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, HANTS SO9 4YQ | 1987-04-11 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 14 similar companies in ME
The largest employer among its local peers (20 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.
Competitors Maidstone
This company ranks 1 among television programming and broadcasting activities in Maidstone.
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-04-01
- Where
- Kent
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT138094 | Kent | Leasehold | 2022-04-01 | — |
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