Kudos (Code 404) Limited
Registered name: KUDOS (CODE 404) LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupKudos (Code 404) Limited made a £384k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2022 (revenue not disclosed).
Kudos (Code 404) Limited reported a loss of £384k in the year to 31 Dec 2022; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Kudos Film and Television Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£619k | −£384k |
| Profit (best available) | −£619k | −£384k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £47.1k | £14k |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | £908k | £1m |
| Debtors | £861k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £234k | £34.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £1
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £14k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼85%
- Now £34.2k
- 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
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Banijay Media Limited75–100%
- Shine Limited75–100%
- Kudos Film & Television Limited75–100%
- Kudos (Code 404) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (45)
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- Among Giants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (BG) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Broadchurch) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Child) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Deadwater) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Deep Water) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Good Books) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester 10) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester 11) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester 8) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.5m
- Kudos (Grantchester 9) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester Five) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester Four) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester Seven) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester Six) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Grantchester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Gunpowder) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Hog 2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Hour) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Humans Three) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Humans) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (L&o) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Law) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Manhattan) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Morton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Occupation) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (River) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Sas 2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Sas 3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Spooks) CP LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (This Town) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
- Kudos (Tin Star) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Tunnel) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (Two Weeks) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£33.9k
- Kudos (WM) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos (You) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos Financing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos Hustle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos Rights LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kudos Scotland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lovely Day Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spooks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yemen Distributions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Yemen Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit −£384k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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