Castle Pictures Limited
Registered name: CASTLE PICTURES LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupCastle Pictures Limited made £39.6m revenue and £61.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Castle Pictures Limited’s revenue grew 3904% to £39.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £61.5k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £989k | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.3m | −£1.2m | −£49.3m |
| Gross profit | −£986k | −£186k | −£9.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1m | −£188k | £35.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£188k | £35.4k |
| Profit after tax | £16.7k | £15k | £61.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £16.7k | £15k | £61.5k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | — | 36 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | −22.9% | −18.8% | −24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.3m | — | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | — | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼77% | ▲3904% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.1% | ▲310% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nbcuniversal International Limited75–100%
- Carnival Film & Television Limited75–100%
- Castle Pictures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Carnival (Charles Dickens) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carnival Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carnival Productions Two LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £61.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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