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Company No. 08132200 · Incorporated 5 Jul 2012

Silverback Films Ltd

Registered name: SILVERBACK FILMS LTD

Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited group

Silverback Films Ltd made £11.8m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Silverback Films Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.3m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£11.8m
Growth ▼24.7%
Profit
£3.3m
Growth ▼54.5%
Profit margin
28%
Gross 67.7%
Employees
99
Change ▼22.7%
Profit / employee
£33.2k
Revenue/employee £119k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.2m£14.6m£15.6m£11.8m
Cost of sales£4.2m£4.6m£4.7m£3.8m
Gross profit£6m£10m£11m£8m
Operating profit£1.4m£5m£6.4m£2.9m
Profit before tax£3.7m£9.6m£7.2m£3.3m
Profit (best available)£3.7m£9.6m£7.2m£3.3m
Staff costs£6.9m£7.4m£7.8m£6.7m
Employees (average)11912712899
Ratios
Profit margin36.6%65.7%46.3%28%
Gross margin58.5%68.8%70.2%67.7%
Revenue per employee£85.6k£115k£122k£119k
Profit per employee£31.3k£75.6k£56.4k£33.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲43.5%▲6.9%▼24.7%
Profit growth—▲157.5%▼24.8%▼54.5%
Headcount growth—▲6.7%▲0.8%▼22.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£12m£5.3m£11.5m£9.5m
Net assets£11.4m£6m£12.8m£10.1m
Fixed assets£1.5m£2.2m£1.7m£1.6m
Current assets£13.1m£5.9m£15.1m£11.1m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
28%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
67.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£119k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£33.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
13.5%
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.
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
▼21%
Now £10.1m
Cash at bank
▼18%
Now £9.5m
Headcount
▼23%
Now 99
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼7%
Now £1.6m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. DLG Acquisitions Limited75–100%
  3. Silverback Films Ltdthis company

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

Subsidiaries (14)

Sister companies (28)

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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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