Wilder (UK) Productions Limited
Registered name: WILDER (UK) PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of British Broadcasting Corporation groupWilder (UK) Productions Limited made £31.4m revenue and £18.2k profit in the year to 16 Mar 2023.
Wilder (UK) Productions Limited’s revenue was £31.4m in the year to 16 Mar 2023, with £18.2k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 16 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m |
| Cost of sales | £32.1m |
| Gross profit | −£683k |
| Profit before tax | −£703k |
| Profit after tax | £18.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £18.2k |
| Staff costs | £129k |
| Employees (average) | 1 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | −2.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.4m |
| Profit per employee | £18.2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £257k |
| Net assets | £18.3k |
| Current assets | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −2.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- 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
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- 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 £18.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £257k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.7m
- 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
- British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Distribution Limited75–100%
- Firebird Pictures Limited75–100%
- Wilder (UK) Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Belladonna Productions LimitedRev. £18.9m · Profit £234k
- Jayia Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mitrageous LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Small Pier Productions 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 16 Mar 2023 (profit £18.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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