House Ref Limited
Registered name: HOUSE REF LIMITED
Part of British Broadcasting Corporation groupHouse Ref Limited made £8.1k revenue and a £678 loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
House Ref Limited’s revenue was £8.1k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £678. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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: “House Productions Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | No profit & loss | No profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £8.1k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | −£10.9k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | −£2.8k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£2.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£27.5k | — | — | −£2.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£678 |
| Profit (best available) | −£27.5k | — | — | −£678 |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | −34.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £976 | £430 | £10.7k | — |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 | £778 | — |
| Current assets | £14.7k | £14.1k | £20.6k | — |
| Debtors | £13.7k | £13.7k | £9.9k | — |
| Deferred income | £7.6k | £4k | £13.3k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −34.4%
- 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
- British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Distribution Limited75–100%
- House Productions Ltd75–100%
- House Ref Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- House Sherwood LimitedRev. £80.3k · Profit £0
- As Yet Unnamed LimitedFigures not disclosed
- House Lal LimitedRev. — · Profit −£90.1k
- House Pictures LtdFigures not disclosed
- House Sherwood2 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.9m
- House Six Four LimitedRev. — · Profit −£326k
- House Trig LimitedRev. — · Profit −£6k
- Two + Two = 5 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£678), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026