Sdta Productions Limited
Registered name: SDTA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, Ltd. groupSdta Productions Limited made £280m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Sdta Productions Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £280m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £0 profit and 347 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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's immediate parent undertaking is SD Production Services Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office address is St Johns House, 16 Church Street, Bromsgrove, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £435m | £345m | £315m | £280m |
| Cost of sales | £536m | £423m | £369m | £338m |
| Gross profit | −£100m | −£77.5m | −£54.1m | −£57.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£103m | −£73.8m | −£33m | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 786 | 617 | 387 | 347 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | −23.1% | −22.4% | −17.2% | −20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £554k | £560k | £813k | £808k |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8.9% | ▼10.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼37.3% | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £86.2m | £53.8m | £21.4m | £29.5m |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £4.5m | £3.6m | £0 |
| Current assets | £210m | £295m | £173m | £188m |
| Debtors | £124m | £241m | £152m | £158m |
| Deferred income | £10.3m | £9m | £11.7m | £4.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£84.5m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £808k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 56.5%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £29.5m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 347
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £4.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- SD Production Services Limited75–100%
- Sdta Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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