Moonage Pictures Limited
Registered name: MOONAGE PICTURES LIMITED
Part of Itv PLC groupMoonage Pictures Limited made £16m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Moonage Pictures Limited’s revenue was £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.1m profit. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £12.2m | £89.7m | £18.1m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £15.2m | £101m | £17.6m | −£10m |
| Gross profit | £1m | −£3m | −£11.2m | £562k | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£664k | −£5m | −£13.9m | £859k | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£664k | −£5m | −£13.9m | £822k | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£664k | £639k | £6.8m | £628k | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£664k | £639k | £6.8m | £628k | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 22 | 120 | 53 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | 5.2% | 7.6% | 3.5% | 25.9% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | −24.9% | −12.5% | 3.1% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.9m | £554k | £748k | £342k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£111k | £29.1k | £56.8k | £11.8k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.5% | ▲636.1% | ▼79.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲966% | ▼90.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲266.7% | ▲445.5% | ▼55.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £3.1m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £605k | £1.3m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.2k | £2.3k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £5.4m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.8m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £3.6m | £3.4m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Itv PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Itv Studios Holdings Limited75–100%
- Itv Studios Limited50–75%
- Moonage Pictures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Moonage Pictures (The Gentlemen) LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £0
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- Moonage Pictures (Intergalactic) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moonage Pictures (Project IV) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£77.2k
- Moonage Pictures (The Five 2) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Moonage Pictures (The Five) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. — · Profit −£117k
- Moonage Pictures (The Gentlemen 2) LtdFigures not disclosed
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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