Backyard Cinema Ltd
Registered name: BACKYARD CINEMA LTD
Part of Sony Group Corporation groupBackyard Cinema Ltd made £352k revenue and a £30.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Backyard Cinema Ltd’s revenue was £352k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £30.7k. The company is classified under “motion picture projection activities” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £352k |
| Cost of sales | −£3.9m | −£217k |
| Gross profit | −£849k | £134k |
| Operating profit | −£2.8m | −£32.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.8m | −£30.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.8m | −£30.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.8m | −£30.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −93.8% | −8.7% |
| Gross margin | −28.3% | 38.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sony Group Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited75–100%
- Raymond Gubbay Limited50–75%
- Backyard Cinema Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Culture Creative LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manchester Chamber Orchestra LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Raymond Gubbay Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£30.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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