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Company No. 07025957 · Incorporated 22 Sep 2009

Lookout Point Limited

Registered name: LOOKOUT POINT LIMITED

Part of British Broadcasting Corporation group

Lookout Point Limited made £13.4m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2023.

Lookout Point Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with a loss of £1.5m and 26 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
17 yrs · since 2009
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£13.4m
Growth ▼24.9%
Profit
−£1.5m
Growth —
Profit margin
−11.4%
Gross 20.7%
Employees
26
Change 0%
Profit / employee
−£58.5k
Revenue/employee £514k
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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.8m£13.4m
Cost of sales£16.8m£10.6m
Gross profit£975k£2.8m
Operating profit−£2.7m−£1.6m
Profit before tax−£3.4m−£1.8m
Profit after tax−£2.7m−£1.5m
Profit (best available)−£2.7m−£1.5m
Staff costs£3.4m£3.9m
Employees (average)2626
Ratios
Profit margin−15.4%−11.4%
Gross margin5.5%20.7%
Revenue per employee£684k£514k
Profit per employee−£106k−£58.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼24.9%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1m£1.1m
Net assets−£7.5m−£9m
Fixed assets£1m£1.3m
Current assets£14m£11.6m
Debtors£5.2m£308k
Deferred income£8.1m£8.3m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−11.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£514k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£58.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
62.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.3%
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 −£9m
Cash at bank
▲4%
Now £1.1m
Headcount
0%
Now 26
Deferred income
▲3%
Now £8.3m
Fixed assets
▲23%
Now £1.3m
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 Limited75–100%
  5. Lookout Point Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (16)

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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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