Gunpowder Productions Limited
Registered name: GUNPOWDER PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Canal+ Sa groupGunpowder Productions Limited made £0 profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Gunpowder Productions Limited reported £0 profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “The company was under the control of Studiocanal Films Limited throughout the current year. Studiocanal Films Limited owns 100% of the shares in the company.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £933k | £216k | £47.4k | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £921k | £201k | £13.9k | −£310 | £2k |
| Gross profit | £11.9k | £14.7k | £33.6k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.5k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £2.5k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5k | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 1.3% | 6.8% | 70.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼76.9% | ▼78% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £227k | £11.8k | £120k | £111k |
| Net assets | £35k | £35k | £35k | £35k | £35k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £1.5m | £175k | £202k | £210k |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £163k | £82.3k | £98.9k |
| Deferred income | £9.5k | £14.9k | £20k | £19.2k | £20k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £35k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £111k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £20k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Canal+ Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Studiocanal Films Ltd75–100%
- Gunpowder Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (24)
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- Pressure Point Productions LimitedRev. £17.8m · Profit £23.8k
- Lennox Productions LimitedRev. £13.5m · Profit £0
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- Marmalade Pictures LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £10k
- Project Time Productions LimitedRev. £947k · Profit £1.1k
- Nachos and Wontons Productions LimitedRev. £410k · Profit £10k
- Guernsey Productions LimitedRev. £327k · Profit £0
- Starcrossed Films LimitedRev. £202k · Profit £0
- Retribution Movie LimitedRev. £144k · Profit £0
- Commuter Productions LimitedRev. £121k · Profit £0
- Baghead Movie LimitedRev. £103k · Profit £0
- Undine Productions LimitedRev. £52.6k · Profit £0
- Meadowlands Productions LimitedRev. £22.4k · Profit £10k
- Deep Water Productions LtdRev. £16.5k · Profit £0
- Back Pack Production LimitedRev. £15.9k · Profit £0
- Midnight Library Productions LimitedRev. £10.1k · Profit £0
- Crescent Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £10k
- Fly on the Wall Films LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ice Wall Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £10k
- Ink Production UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marmalade Escape Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Space Fungus Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £5.9k
- Sweet Prince Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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