Heyday Films Limited
Registered name: HEYDAY FILMS LIMITED
Heyday Films Limited made £23.9m revenue and £639k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Heyday Films Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £639k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £23.1m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £21m | £20.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£685k | £245k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£336k | £729k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£336k | £639k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£336k | £639k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £248k | £378k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −1.5% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 9% | 13.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £4.6m | £6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£67.3k | £160k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −142.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | 0% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £2.5m | £8m | £8.1m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £84.9k | £65k | £46.6k | £42.5k |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5m | £8.4m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £125k | £458k | £244k | £299k |
| Deferred income | £185k | £15.3k | £84.5k | £235k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £5.1m | −£350k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £160k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −142.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £8.1m
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲178%
- Now £235k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £42.5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £639k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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