Filmbox International Ltd.
Registered name: FILMBOX INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Part of Kino Polska Tv S.A groupFilmbox International Ltd. made £27m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Filmbox International Ltd.’s revenue grew 10% to £27m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.4m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “television programming and broadcasting activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 intermediate parent undertaking and controlling party is Kino Polska TV SA, a company registered in Poland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £27m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £23.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £14.8k | £15.7k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 13.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £12.2m | £13.5m |
| Profit per employee | £1.2m | £714k |
| Cash conversion | −20.1% | 71% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £168k |
| Net assets | £10.4m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £24.9m | £31.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £968k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£503k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £714k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 71%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼91%
- Now £168k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲66%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kino Polska Tv S.A (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Filmbox International Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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