Snowman Enterprises Limited
Registered name: SNOWMAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of Bertelsmann UK Limited groupSnowman Enterprises Limited made £757k revenue and £541k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Snowman Enterprises Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £757k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £541k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £557k | £712k | £796k | £757k |
| Cost of sales | £42.2k | £71.7k | £90.6k | £75.4k |
| Gross profit | £515k | £640k | £705k | £682k |
| Operating profit | £432k | £604k | £667k | £651k |
| Profit before tax | £447k | £679k | £780k | £725k |
| Profit after tax | £369k | £503k | £584k | £541k |
| Profit (best available) | £369k | £503k | £584k | £541k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 66.4% | 70.7% | 73.5% | 71.4% |
| Gross margin | 92.4% | 89.9% | 88.6% | 90% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.9% | ▲11.7% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▲16.1% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £26.4k | £27.3k | £31.6k | £17.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 71.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 90%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 239.5%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼45%
- Now £17.4k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £100
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
- Bertelsmann UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Penguin Random House Limited75–100%
- Penguin Books Limited75–100%
- Snowman Enterprises Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Snowdog Enterprises LimitedRev. £239k · Profit £91.5k
Sister companies (8)
- Ladybird Books LimitedRev. £35m · Profit £4.2m
- Frederick Warne & Co LimitedRev. £16.5m · Profit £6.9m
- Ventura Publishing LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £977k
- Children's Character Books LimitedRev. £881k · Profit −£676k
- Allen Lane the Penguin Press LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hamish Hamilton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Michael Joseph LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Penguin Pension Trustee 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £541k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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