Blu Production Ltd
Registered name: BLU PRODUCTION LTD
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupBlu Production Ltd made £21.1m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2023.
Blu Production Ltd’s revenue was £21.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2023, with a loss of £1.1m and 6 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 30 Jun 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £22.4m |
| Gross profit | £0 | — |
| Operating profit | £0 | — |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £444k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | −5.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.5m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£184k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £460k |
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£184k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £460k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DLG Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- New Pictures Limited75–100%
- Blu Production Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Brief Productions LimitedRev. £29.3m · Profit £0
- Cha Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cron Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dalg 4 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ents Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ken Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £30.3k
- Man Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pun Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Requiem Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TSP2 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 30 Jun 2023 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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