Outpost VFX Limited
Registered name: OUTPOST VFX LIMITED
Outpost VFX Limited made £29.9m revenue and £805k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Outpost VFX Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £29.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £805k profit and 414 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £38.4m | £23.8m | £29.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £28.6m | −£27.7m | −£19.3m | −£22.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £10.7m | £4.5m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £643k | −£3.8m | £874k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £483k | −£4.2m | £850k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£3.5m | −£530k | −£3.5m | £805k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£3.5m | −£530k | −£3.5m | £805k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £8m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 107 | 687 | 413 | 414 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −1.4% | −14.6% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28% | 19% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £55.9k | £57.6k | £72.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£26.9k | −£32.6k | −£771 | −£8.4k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼38% | ▲25.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50.7% | ▲542.1% | ▼39.9% | ▲0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £41.3k | £3m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.7m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £985k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £8.5m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £346k | £976k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £529k | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.3m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now 414
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £805k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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