Cinesite VFX Limited
Registered name: CINESITE VFX LIMITED
Part of Cinesite Media Holdings Ltd groupCinesite VFX Limited made £7.8m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Cinesite VFX Limited’s revenue fell 49% to £7.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 143 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 is owned and controlled by its parent company, Comino Media Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom. The parent company accounts can be obtained from 10 Little Portland Street,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.2m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | −£1.3m |
| Operating profit | £47.5k | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£251k | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£34.3k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£34.3k | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £13.4m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 143 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | −15.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | −16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.3k | £54.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£173 | −£8.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼49.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼27.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.1m | £0 |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £911k |
| Debtors | £713k | −£3.2k |
| Deferred income | £3m | £519k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼28%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- ▼82%
- Now £519k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £911k
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
- Cinesite Media Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Comino Media Limited75–100%
- Cinesite VFX Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Cinesite Viz LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Creative Capture Services LimitedRev. — · Profit −£580k
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 −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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