Dorothy ST Pictures Limited
Registered name: DOROTHY ST PICTURES LIMITED
Part of Sister Holdings Limited groupDorothy ST Pictures Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £84k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dorothy ST Pictures Limited’s revenue fell 36% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £84k and 37 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, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.6m | £13.4m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£18m | −£10.6m | −£7.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2.8m | £851k |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £110k | £783k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £102k | £687k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £102k | −£84k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £102k | −£84k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 37 | 37 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 0.8% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 20.8% | 9.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £937k | £363k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £51.8k | £2.8k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37.7% | ▼35.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91.4% | ▼182.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲60.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sister Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sister Group Limited75–100%
- Dorothy ST Pictures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (19)
- DSP (Ja) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Aiwfc LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Angels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Blue LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Camden LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Diamond LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Eagles (2022) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Fortunes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Gnip (2023) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Hearts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP KL LimitedRev. — · Profit −£441k
- DSP Light LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Nile LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Notorious LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Post LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Rev LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Three LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Wood (2021) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSP Zoo LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Sister Aps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Directors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Original LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Studio Sister LimitedFigures 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 2025 (profit −£84k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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