Spider Pictures Ltd
Registered name: SPIDER PICTURES LTD
Part of Prosiebensat.1 Media Se groupSpider Pictures Ltd made £5m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Spider Pictures Ltd’s revenue fell 50% to £5m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £0 profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 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) | £30.2m | £19.4m | £9.9m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £36.7m | £24.8m | £12.4m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | −£6.6m | −£5.4m | −£2.5m | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.6m | −£5.5m | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1k | £2.2k | £720 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1k | £2.2k | £720 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £4.4m | £708k | — |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 119 | 11 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | −21.7% | −28% | −25.6% | −27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £471k | £163k | £899k | £830k |
| Profit per employee | £48 | £19 | £65 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼49.1% | ▼49.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼67.6% | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼90.8% | ▼45.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £602k | £470k | £468k |
| Net assets | £3.1k | £5.3k | £6k | £6k |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £12.9m | £9.6m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £8.6m | £12.3m | £9.1m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £4m | £1m | £1.8m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £830k
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 80%
- 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 £6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £468k
- Headcount
- ▼45%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Prosiebensat.1 Media Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Seven.one Studios Ltd75–100%
- Endor Productions Limited75–100%
- Spider Pictures Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Endor (Vienna 4) LtdRev. £4.2m · Profit £0
- Endor (Vienna 3) LtdRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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