LW Entertainment Limited
Registered name: LW ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Part of LW Entertainment Holdings Limited groupLW Entertainment Limited made £43.5m revenue and £657k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
LW Entertainment Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £43.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £657k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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. From the filing: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23m | £37.9m | £34.3m | £43.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £25.9m | £24.1m | £30.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £11.9m | £10.1m | £12.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | £2.3m | £1.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | £1.8m | £6.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | £1.4m | £5.6m | £657k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | £1.4m | £5.6m | £657k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £5.9m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 61 | 55 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −8.4% | 3.7% | 16.2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 31.6% | 29.6% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £418k | £621k | £623k | £737k |
| Profit per employee | −£35.1k | £23k | £101k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲64.8% | ▼9.5% | ▲26.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲296.1% | ▼88.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▼9.8% | ▲7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £312k | £7.2m | £2.1m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £13.5m | £19.1m | £19.8m |
| Fixed assets | £22.5m | £21.9m | £22.6m | £20.4m |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £24.4m | £17.8m | £28m |
| Debtors | £430k | £168k | £86.3k | £268k |
| Deferred income | £12m | £9.8m | £8.3m | £10.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £737k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £19.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲239%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £10.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £20.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LW Entertainment Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Really Useful Holdings Limited75–100%
- LW Entertainment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Angel of Music LtdFigures not disclosed
- Company on Stage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LW Entertainment Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Really Useful Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Really Useful Theatre Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- The Really Useful Broadway LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Really Useful Film Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Really Useful Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Really Useful Record Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £657k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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