Agatha Christie Limited
Registered name: AGATHA CHRISTIE LIMITED
Part of Amc Networks Inc. groupAgatha Christie Limited made £33m revenue and £15m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Agatha Christie Limited’s revenue grew 45% to £33m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £15m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22m | £22.7m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.6m | −£5.3m | −£7.6m |
| Gross profit | £15.5m | £17.4m | £25.4m |
| Operating profit | £11.6m | £13.6m | £20m |
| Profit before tax | £11.6m | £13.7m | £20m |
| Profit after tax | £8.9m | £10.2m | £15m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.9m | £10.2m | £15m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 20 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 40.3% | 45.1% | 45.4% |
| Gross margin | 70.1% | 76.5% | 76.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £423k | £512k | £681k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲45.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲46.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 45.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £681k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Amc Networks Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- RLJ Entertainment Ltd50–75%
- Agatha Christie Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Agatha Christie Productions LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit £53k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £15m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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