CBS Broadcast Services Limited
Registered name: CBS BROADCAST SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Paramount Skydance Corporation groupCBS Broadcast Services Limited made £3.6m revenue and £773k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
CBS Broadcast Services Limited’s revenue fell 63% to £3.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £773k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £9.8m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.1m | −£2.1m | −£2.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £7.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £6.5m | £5.8m | £206k |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £4m | £799k |
| Profit after tax | £5.7m | £4.1m | £773k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.7m | £4.1m | £773k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 22 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 56.6% | 41.2% | 21.5% |
| Gross margin | 79.4% | 78.6% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £556k | £447k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £315k | £184k | £35.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼63.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.5% | ▼80.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.1k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Paramount Skydance Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- CBS International Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Viacom Camden Lock Limited75–100%
- Paramount Pictures International Limited75–100%
- CBS Broadcast Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Paramount Home Entertainment International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paramount Pictures UKFigures not disclosed
- Viacom International Media Networks U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £773k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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