Barking Lion Productions (UK) Limited
Registered name: BARKING LION PRODUCTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Part of The Walt Disney Company groupBarking Lion Productions (UK) Limited made £3.4m revenue and £11.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Barking Lion Productions (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 34% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £11.7k profit and 0 employees. 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
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 immediate parent undertaking is LFL Productions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £63m | £33.7m | £5.2m | £3.4m |
| Cost of sales | £83.1m | £42.3m | £7.1m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | −£20.1m | −£8.6m | −£1.9m | −£885k |
| Operating profit | — | −£8.7m | −£1.8m | −£904k |
| Profit before tax | −£16.1m | −£8.7m | −£1.7m | −£812k |
| Profit after tax | £32.8k | £4.4k | £12.1k | £11.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.8k | £4.4k | £12.1k | £11.7k |
| Staff costs | £8.7m | £1.6m | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | −31.9% | −25.7% | −37% | −26% |
| Revenue per employee | £470k | £749k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £245 | £97 | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼84.6% | ▼34.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲176.3% | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £1.3m | £832k | £444k |
| Net assets | £32.8k | £37.1k | £49.2k | £60.9k |
| Current assets | £32m | £34.1m | £11.8m | £3m |
| Debtors | £25.6m | £32.8m | £10.9m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £6.2m | £1.8m | £44.1k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −26%
- 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
- 73.7%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £60.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £444k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Walt Disney Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- LFL Productions Limited75–100%
- Barking Lion Productions (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Robot Dog Pictures (UK) LimitedRev. £22.6m · Profit £6.3k
- E&e Industries (UK) LimitedRev. £13.3m · Profit £12.2k
- Blue Stockings (UK) LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit £11.5k
- Space Bear Industries (UK) LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £12k
- Textbook Productions (UK) LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £0
- Foodles Production (UK) LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £11.3k
- Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit £11.7k
- Stannum 50 Labs (UK) LimitedRev. £221k · Profit £11.3k
- Ace of Hearts (UK) LimitedRev. £8.8k · Profit £0
- Blue Mist Productions (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carbonado Industries (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £11.3k
- Dancing Sun Productions (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ghost Truck 6 (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- PLT Productions (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £11.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £11.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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