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Company No. 08546009 · Incorporated 28 May 2013

CBS UK Productions Limited

Registered name: CBS UK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Part of Paramount Skydance Corporation group

CBS UK Productions Limited made £2.3m revenue and £192k profit in the year to 29 Feb 2024. read from filing text

CBS UK Productions Limited’s revenue fell 96% to £2.3m in the year to 29 Feb 2024, with £192k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active - Proposal to Strike off
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's immediate parent is CBS Productions UK Holdings Limited. The ultimate controlling party of CBS UK Productions Limited is National Amusements Inc., the beneficial owner of the majority of”

Latest accounts · year to 29 Feb 2024

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£2.3m
Growth ▼96.3%
Profit
£192k
Growth ▼38%
Profit margin
8.3%
Gross −200.1%
Employees
4
Change ▼96.4%
Profit / employee
£48k
Revenue/employee £575k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to28 Feb 202329 Feb 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£62.9m£2.3m
Cost of sales£76.4m£6.9m
Gross profit−£13.4m−£4.6m
Profit before tax−£11.8m−£567k
Profit after tax£310k£192k
Profit (best available)£310k£192k
Staff costs£7.6m£170k
Employees (average)1124
Ratios
Profit margin0.5%8.3%
Gross margin−21.3%−200.1%
Revenue per employee£562k£575k
Profit per employee£2.8k£48k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼96.3%
Profit growth—▼38%
Headcount growth—▼96.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.5m£970k
Net assets£397k£589k
Current assets£21.7m£17.2m
Debtors£18.2m£16.3m
Deferred income£3.3m£418k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−200.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£575k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£48k
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
18.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
706.4%
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
▲48%
Now £589k
Cash at bank
▼72%
Now £970k
Headcount
▼96%
Now 4
Deferred income
▼87%
Now £418k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Paramount Skydance Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Columbia Broadcasting System Holdings UK Limited75–100%
  3. CBS Productions UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. CBS UK Productions Limitedthis company

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

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Feb 2024 (profit £192k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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