Alliance Films (UK) Limited
Registered name: ALLIANCE FILMS (UK) LIMITED
Part of Lionsgate Studios Corp. groupAlliance Films (UK) Limited made £2.8m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Alliance Films (UK) Limited’s revenue was £2.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit. The company is classified under “motion picture distribution activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
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 | 26 Dec 2021 | 25 Dec 2022 | 26 Dec 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £4.9m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £1.5m | £5m | −£1.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £3.5m | −£2.3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £1.6m | −£11.1m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £1.6m | −£10.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.1m | £1.6m | −£10.8m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | 2,021 | 0 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 61.4% | 32.4% | −407.2% | 79.3% |
| Gross margin | 67% | 70.7% | −86.6% | 56.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.4k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £793 | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.2% | ▼46.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.4% | ▼775.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 79.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.8%
- 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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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lionsgate Studios Corp. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Alliance Films (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Alliance Films (UK) Development LimitedRev. — · Profit £270k
- Eone Aurum LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.9k
- Eone Features (Development) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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