Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited
Registered name: CHANNEL 5 BROADCASTING LIMITED
Part of Paramount Skydance Corporation groupChannel 5 Broadcasting Limited made £292m revenue and £8.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £292m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.3m profit. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £399m | £319m | £292m |
| Cost of sales | −£271m | −£275m | −£269m |
| Gross profit | £128m | £44.6m | £23.2m |
| Operating profit | £112m | £20.9m | −£10.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£160m | £30.6m | £11.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£160m | £29.8m | £8.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£160m | £29.8m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −40.2% | 9.3% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 14% | 7.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.9% | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼72.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- 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%
- Channel 5 Broadcasting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Viacom Interactive LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Viacom Global LimitedRev. £471k · Profit £48.9k
- Nickelodeon International LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1.5m
- Vimn CP Services (UK) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £202k
- Nickelodeon Huggings U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paramount British Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)Figures not disclosed
- Paramount Pictures International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viacom Brand Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viacom Caledonia LPFigures not disclosed
- Vimn Finance Holding (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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