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Company No. 11305808 · Incorporated 12 Apr 2018

Arcadia Pictures Limited

Registered name: ARCADIA PICTURES LIMITED

Part of Comcast Corporation group

Arcadia Pictures Limited made £16m revenue and £15k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Arcadia Pictures Limited’s revenue fell 67% to £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £15k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59111Motion picture production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
8 yrs · since 2018
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Universal Pictures Limited, a company”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£16m
Growth ▼67.5%
Profit
£15k
Growth 0%
Profit margin
0.1%
Gross −14.8%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£32.4m£90.7m£60.5m£49.3m£16m
Cost of sales£40.9m£113m£75.5m£59.6m£18.4m
Gross profit−£8.5m−£22.8m−£15m−£10.3m−£2.4m
Profit before tax−£7.3m−£22.5m−£15.1m£15k£216k
Profit after tax£4.1k£15k£15k£15k£15k
Profit (best available)£4.1k£15k£15k£15k£15k
Staff costs£981k£165k£0——
Employees (average)162000
Ratios
Profit margin0%0%0%0%0.1%
Gross margin−26.1%−25.1%−24.9%−20.9%−14.8%
Revenue per employee£2m£45.3m———
Profit per employee£256£7.5k———
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲179.7%▼33.3%▼18.4%▼67.5%
Profit growth—▲266.9%0%0%0%
Headcount growth—▼87.5%▼100%——
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.9m£59.8k£27.4k£14.1k£0
Net assets£35k£50k£65k£30k£30k
Current assets£11.7m£29.9m£37.6m£25.4m£12.8m
Debtors£107k£59.4k£0£25.4m£12.8m
Deferred income£110k£28.1m£11.5m£8.2m£0
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−14.8%
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
0%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
79.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £30k
Cash at bank
▼100%
Now £0
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▼100%
Now £0
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Universal Pictures Limited75–100%
  4. Arcadia Pictures Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (44)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £15k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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