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Company No. 02910157 · Incorporated 18 Mar 1994

Mousetrap Productions Limited

Registered name: MOUSETRAP PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Part of MT SPV Ltd group

Mousetrap Productions Limited made £12.2m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 29 Mar 2026.

Mousetrap Productions Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £12.2m in the year to 29 Mar 2026, with £3.8m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection R · Arts, entertainment and recreationSIC 90040Operation of arts facilities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
32 yrs · since 1994
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.

Latest accounts · year to 29 Mar 2026

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£12.2m
Growth ▲2.6%
Profit
£3.8m
Growth ▲4%
Profit margin
31.3%
Gross 40%
Employees
78
Change ▲20%
Profit / employee
£49k
Revenue/employee £157k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to3 Apr 20222 Apr 202331 Mar 202430 Mar 202529 Mar 2026
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£9.1m£11.8m£11.9m£12.2m
Cost of sales—£5.6m£6.3m£6.9m£7.3m
Gross profit—£3.5m£5.3m£5.1m£4.9m
Operating profit—£3m£5m£4.2m£4m
Profit before tax—£2.9m£4.9m£4.2m£4.1m
Profit after tax—£2.4m£3.7m£3.7m£3.8m
Profit (best available)—£2.4m£3.7m£3.7m£3.8m
Staff costs—£1.9m£2m£2.1m£2.6m
Employees (average)6065726578
Ratios
Profit margin—25.8%31.5%30.9%31.3%
Gross margin—38.7%45.1%42.4%40%
Revenue per employee—£141k£164k£183k£157k
Profit per employee—£36.3k£51.6k£56.6k£49k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲28.9%▲1.3%▲2.6%
Profit growth——▲57.4%▼0.9%▲4%
Headcount growth—▲8.3%▲10.8%▼9.7%▲20%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.1m£4.4m£5.4m£4.4m£4.3m
Net assets£467k£1.4m£3m£4.9m£8.7m
Fixed assets£2.8k£341£165—£0
Current assets£4.5m£6.5m£7.3m£8.4m£10.8m
Debtors£144k£351k£160k£121k£506k
Deferred income£541k£1.3m£1.2m£1.7m£1.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
31.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
40%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£157k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£49k
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
9.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲78%
Now £8.7m
Cash at bank
▼2%
Now £4.3m
Headcount
▲20%
Now 78
Deferred income
▼33%
Now £1.2m
Fixed assets
—
Now £0

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. MT SPV Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Mystery Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Asp MPL Limited75–100%
  4. Mousetrap Productions Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Mar 2026 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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