Little Lion Entertainment Limited
Registered name: LITTLE LION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Part of Little Lion Holdings Ltd groupLittle Lion Entertainment Limited made £6.5m revenue and a £762k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Little Lion Entertainment Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £762k and 97 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£389k | −£837k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£389k | −£836k |
| Profit after tax | −£483k | −£336k | −£762k |
| Profit (best available) | −£483k | −£336k | −£762k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 67 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −5.5% | −11.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 68.4% | 68.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £90.6k | £67.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£11k | −£5k | −£7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲52.3% | ▲44.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £82.9k | £13.3k | £10.2k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.6m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £51.6k | £93.8k | £33.6k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £845k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £10.2k
- Headcount
- ▲45%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £845k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Little Lion Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Little Lion Entertainment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Arcade Arena London LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Lion Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Lion International LtdFigures not disclosed
- Little Lion Manchester LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Ents Inc LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£762k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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