Banijay Media Limited
Registered name: BANIJAY MEDIA LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupBanijay Media Limited made £420m revenue and a £19.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Banijay Media Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £420m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £19.7m and 819 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £295m | £326m | £420m |
| Cost of sales | −£244m | −£280m | −£376m |
| Gross profit | £50.4m | £46.2m | £44.2m |
| Operating profit | −£16.3m | −£12.9m | £38.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£53.4m | −£56.9m | −£5.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£32.8m | −£29.2m | −£19.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£32.8m | −£29.2m | −£19.7m |
| Employees (average) | 810 | 720 | 819 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11.1% | −9% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 14.2% | 10.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £364k | £453k | £513k |
| Profit per employee | −£40.5k | −£40.6k | −£24.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲28.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £513k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.1k
- 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.
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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 819
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Banijay Media Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (13)
- Banijay Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Banijay UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Banijay UK Productions Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Banijay UK Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blacklight Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bwark Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Garrison Drama LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iwc Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mam Tor Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RDF Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shine LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Comedy Unit LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Forge Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- DLG Acquisitions LimitedRev. £894m · Profit −£7.4m
- Banijay Kids & Family (Holding) LimitedRev. £851k · Profit −£221k
- Banijay Rights LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£19.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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