Icon Film Distribution Limited
Registered name: ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of John Gore Studios Limited groupIcon Film Distribution Limited made £2.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Icon Film Distribution Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture distribution activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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) | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£922k | −£1m | £932k |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £778k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £778k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £778k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £778k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 37.4% | 45.5% | 44.8% |
| Gross margin | 55.7% | 58.1% | 60.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.1m | — | £793k |
| Profit per employee | £778k | — | £355k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.4% | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £30.2k |
| Net assets | — | — | £4.6m |
| Current assets | — | — | £4m |
| Debtors | — | — | £196k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 44.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £793k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £355k
- 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
- 8.2%
- 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 £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £30.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- John Gore Studios Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Icon Film Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Morris Angel & Son LimitedRev. £10.9m · Profit −£2.3m
- Iwah Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Gore Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Gore Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaleidoscope Film Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kfilm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Island Works LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Platform Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Silver Salt Restoration LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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