Snipple Animation Studios Ltd
Registered name: SNIPPLE ANIMATION STUDIOS LTD
Part of Snipple Holdings Limited groupSnipple Animation Studios Ltd made £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Snipple Animation Studios Ltd reported £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, down 23% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 12 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture projection activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.3m | £7.5m | £7.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4m | £4.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £342k | £280k | £270k | £207k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼3.5% | ▼23.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £7.4m | £7.3m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £7.5m | £7.8m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £264k | £426k | £307k | £520k |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £10.4m | £10.3m | £11.1m |
| Debtors | £942k | £1.9m | £714k | £681k |
| Deferred income | — | £497k | £361k | £242k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £207k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £242k
- Fixed assets
- ▲69%
- Now £520k
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
- Snipple Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Snipple Animation Studios Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Woohoos Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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