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Nextup Comedy Ltd

UK company 09940291, incorporated on 7 January 2016.

Stream Live Comedy | NextUp Comedy

Tune in LIVE to the UK's best comedy clubs and access hundreds of on-demand stand-up specials from famous names and rising stars.

Company number
09940291
Incorporated
7 Jan 2016
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
7 January 2016

Company number 09940291

Verify at Companies House
Legal name
NEXTUP COMEDY LTD
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
London
Registered address
66 PAUL STREET
LONDON
ENGLAND
EC2A 4NA
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
6

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

7 events
30 Sep
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

12 May
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

08 Sep
2026

Capital Allotment Shares

Capital

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19 Aug
2026

Capital Allotment Shares

Capital

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28 Apr
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

07 Jan
2016

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Age at first award
4 years

Projects

2023 Grant for R&D Lead participant

Making Live Comedy Accessible

1 Apr 2023 to 31 Mar 2024

Awarded
£49,977
Total cost £49,977

Live comedy is notoriously inaccessible. Venues are often in basements and small rooms above pubs with very limited disabled access. Comedy venues are traditionally thought of as 'male' environments with alcohol and stag-dos being part of the culture. NextUp have made great strides in terms of making comedy accessible; we are the digital home of live come...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Innovating livestream events with real-time audience interaction - amplifying culture worldwide

1 Sep 2022 to 29 Feb 2024

Awarded
£250,037
Total cost £357,196

Live comedy performance is worth millions to the UK economy every year, but income is heavily skewed towards a small number of famous performers. For the majority of performers and venues - it is a financially precarious market, and is yet to recover from the pandemic. NextUp are leading the way in developing new innovative ways for live comedy to reach b...

2021 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Amplifying Comedy: Connecting People and Saving Venues

1 Mar 2021 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£50,000
Total cost £50,000

Sarah Henley is one of the founders of NextUp, a comedy organisation that champions and supports live comedy in the UK. An inspirational female founder, Sarah has been featured on the BBC's New Talent Hotlist, accepted onto the Google for StartUps: Women Founders Immersion Program, and setup Burn Bright - a not-for-profit that that supports female theatre...

2020 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

A Virtual Comedy Festival - Preserving Culture During COVID-19 and Beyond

1 Jun 2020 to 31 Mar 2021

Awarded
£66,729
Total cost £74,143

Due to COVID-19, live comedy - one of the UK's most treasured cultural experiences - has been wiped out. Hugely popular comedy festivals including Brighton, Machynlleth, and the biggest arts festival in the world - Edinburgh, have been cancelled, not to mention the nightly comedy variety nights at local clubs all over the country. These events attracted o...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies Grant for R&D