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Company No. 03851811 · Incorporated 1 Oct 1999

Baby Cow Productions Limited

Registered name: BABY COW PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Part of British Broadcasting Corporation group

Baby Cow Productions Limited made £2m revenue and a £374k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text

Baby Cow Productions Limited’s revenue fell 29% to £2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £374k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
27 yrs · since 1999
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. From the filing: “The parent company of Baby Cow Productions is BBC Studio”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£2m
Growth ▼28.8%
Profit
−£374k
Growth ▼855.7%
Profit margin
−19.1%
Gross 87%
Employees
11
Change ▼8.3%
Profit / employee
−£34k
Revenue/employee £178k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£2.8m£2m
Cost of sales£9.1m£1.3m£255k
Gross profit—£1.4m£1.7m
Operating profit—£160k−£5.3k
Profit before tax—£49.5k−£374k
Profit (best available)—£49.5k−£374k
Staff costs—£1.5m—
Employees (average)151211
Ratios
Profit margin—1.8%−19.1%
Gross margin—51.7%87%
Revenue per employee—£230k£178k
Profit per employee—£4.1k−£34k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▼28.8%
Profit growth——▼855.7%
Headcount growth—▼20%▼8.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£853k£1.2m£1m
Net assets−£1.5m−£1.4m−£1.8m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−19.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
87%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£178k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£34k
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
—
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
—
Now −£1.8m
Cash at bank
▼18%
Now £1m
Headcount
▼8%
Now 11
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
  2. BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
  3. BBC Studios Limited75–100%
  4. BBC Studios Distribution Limited50–75%
  5. Baby Cow Productions Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (24)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£374k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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