Starplay Productions Limited
Registered name: STARPLAY PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupStarplay Productions Limited made £3.8m revenue and £15k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Starplay Productions Limited’s revenue was £3.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £15k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Universal Pictures Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | −£263k | −£346k | −£270k | −£779k |
| Profit before tax | −£270k | −£356k | −£281k | £86k |
| Profit after tax | £15k | £15k | £15k | £15k |
| Profit (best available) | £15k | £15k | £15k | £15k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | −14.4% | −14.7% | −14.1% | −20.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.4% | ▼18.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | 0% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £45k | £30k | £30k | £15k |
| Debtors | £285k | £371k | £296k | £807k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 21.1%
- 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 £15k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited75–100%
- Universal Pictures Limited75–100%
- Starplay Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £15k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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