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Company No. 13719629 · Incorporated 2 Nov 2021

Whoniverse1 Ltd

Registered name: WHONIVERSE1 LTD

Part of Sony Group Corporation group

Whoniverse1 Ltd made £7m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024. read from filing text

Whoniverse1 Ltd’s revenue fell 73% to £7m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £0 profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Liquidation
Location
Northampton, East Midlands
Age
4 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2024

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£7m
Growth ▼72.5%
Profit
£0
Growth —
Profit margin
0%
Gross −24.6%
Employees
4
Change ▼96.8%
Profit / employee
£0
Revenue/employee £1.7m
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Oct 202331 Oct 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£43.2m£25.3m£7m
Cost of sales£53.5m£31.6m£8.7m
Gross profit−£10.3m−£6.3m−£1.7m
Profit before tax−£10.3m−£6.3m−£1.7m
Profit after tax£0£0£0
Profit (best available)£0£0£0
Staff costs£5.1m£3m£339k
Employees (average)841234
Ratios
Profit margin0%0%0%
Gross margin−23.9%−24.7%−24.6%
Revenue per employee£514k£206k£1.7m
Profit per employee£0£0£0
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▼72.5%
Headcount growth——▼96.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£851k£129k
Net assets———
Current assets£17.3m£10.4m£1.9m
Debtors£15.1m£9.6m£1.8m
Deferred income£4.2m£513k£47.3k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−24.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.7m
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
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
25.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼85%
Now £129k
Headcount
▼97%
Now 4
Deferred income
▼91%
Now £47.3k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sony Group Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited75–100%
  3. Sony Pictures Television Production UK Limited50–75%
  4. Bad Wolf Ltd75–100%
  5. Whoniverse1 Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (19)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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