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Format Factory Ltd

Age22 years
older than 91% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom2,736live companies · 260th oldest
In Birmingham98,441live companies · 38 in the same activity
At this address1only this company
Latest accounts2025total exemption full accounts, made up to 31 Jul 2025

In brief

Format Factory Ltd is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 27 July 2004. At 22 years old it is older than 91% of the 2,736 live companies whose main activity is television programming and broadcasting activities. Its registered office is in Birmingham, West Midlands. 38 live companies in Birmingham share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 July 2025 and filed as total exemption full accounts. It was previously called Free at Last Digital Ltd, a name it changed on 28 February 2017, and has had 2 earlier names in all.

Register details

Registered nameFORMAT FACTORY LTD
Company number05190882
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered office21 Albert Road, Kings Heath, B14 7HH Birmingham
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)60200 Television programming and broadcasting activities
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)J · 60 Programming and broadcasting activities

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upTotal exemption full accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Free at Last Digital Ltd
  • Name changedPreviously Free @ Last TV (Brighton) Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due30 April 2027
Accounting reference date31 July
Next confirmation statement4 June 2027
Last confirmation statement21 May 2026
Charges registered0
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 0

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Television programming and broadcasting activities in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 60200: 2,736 in total, median age 8 years, 187 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 2,736 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
05001,0001,5002,0001940s: 111940s1950s: 331950s1960s: 111960s1970s: 331970s1980s: 21211980s1990s: 77771990s2000s: 3613612000s2010s: 1,0651,0652010s2020s: 1,2041,2042020s
Incorporated per year, still live
01002003004002011: 9220112012: 962013: 11120132014: 1222015: 9620152016: 1172017: 10520172018: 1092019: 14920192020: 1482021: 16720212022: 1562023: 19320232024: 1682025: 21020252026: 162

Location

Registered office in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Birmingham
Live companies in Birmingham98,441
Same activity in Birmingham38
New in Birmingham, past 12 months15,443

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.