Back Pack Production Limited
Registered name: BACK PACK PRODUCTION LIMITED
Part of Canal+ Sa groupBack Pack Production Limited made £15.9k revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Back Pack Production Limited’s revenue fell 47% to £15.9k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 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. From the filing: “The company was under the control of Studiocanal Films Limited throughout the current year. Studiocanal Films Limited owns 100% of the shares in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £743k | £162k | £62.2k | £30.2k | £15.9k |
| Cost of sales | £732k | £151k | £33.2k | £15.3k | £2.4k |
| Gross profit | £10.6k | £11k | £29k | £15k | £13.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £1.1k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 1.4% | 6.8% | 46.6% | 49.5% | 85% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼78.2% | ▼61.6% | ▼51.4% | ▼47.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £11.3k | £1.4m | £71.2k | £1.2k | £70 |
| Net assets | £58.8k | £58.8k | £58.8k | £58.8k | £58.8k |
| Current assets | £4m | £2.2m | £181k | £85.2k | £99.9k |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £749k | £110k | £84k | £99.8k |
| Deferred income | £26.2k | £13.5k | £17.4k | £15k | £16.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 103.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 629%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £58.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £70
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £16.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Canal+ Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Studiocanal Films Ltd75–100%
- Back Pack Production Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (24)
- Spider Productions LimitedRev. £19.3m · Profit £25.3k
- Pressure Point Productions LimitedRev. £17.8m · Profit £23.8k
- Lennox Productions LimitedRev. £13.5m · Profit £0
- Huntington Productions LimitedRev. £12.1m · Profit £32.2k
- Marmalade Pictures LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £10k
- Project Time Productions LimitedRev. £947k · Profit £1.1k
- Nachos and Wontons Productions LimitedRev. £410k · Profit £10k
- Guernsey Productions LimitedRev. £327k · Profit £0
- Starcrossed Films LimitedRev. £202k · Profit £0
- Retribution Movie LimitedRev. £144k · Profit £0
- Commuter Productions LimitedRev. £121k · Profit £0
- Baghead Movie LimitedRev. £103k · Profit £0
- Undine Productions LimitedRev. £52.6k · Profit £0
- Meadowlands Productions LimitedRev. £22.4k · Profit £10k
- Deep Water Productions LtdRev. £16.5k · Profit £0
- Midnight Library Productions LimitedRev. £10.1k · Profit £0
- Crescent Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £10k
- Fly on the Wall Films LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gunpowder Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Ice Wall Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £10k
- Ink Production UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marmalade Escape Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Space Fungus Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £5.9k
- Sweet Prince Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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