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Company No. 13775795 · Incorporated 1 Dec 2021

Starco TV 4 Limited

Registered name: STARCO TV 4 LIMITED

Part of Sony Group Corporation group

Starco TV 4 Limited made £3.1m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 28 Feb 2024. read from filing text

Starco TV 4 Limited’s revenue was £3.1m in the year to 28 Feb 2024, with £0 profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in Northampton; we hold 2 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 28 Feb 2024

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£3.1m
Growth —
Profit
£0
Growth —
Profit margin
0%
Gross −53.5%
Employees
3
Change —
Profit / employee
£0
Revenue/employee £1m
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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to28 Feb 202328 Feb 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£33.5m£3.1m
Cost of sales£41.3m£4.8m
Gross profit−£7.9m−£1.7m
Profit before tax−£7.4m−£1.5m
Profit after tax£0£0
Profit (best available)£0£0
Staff costs£3m£346k
Employees (average)933
Ratios
Profit margin0%0%
Gross margin−23.5%−53.5%
Revenue per employee£360k£1m
Profit per employee£0£0
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.1m£165k
Net assets——
Current assets£12.1m£2.2m
Debtors£0£900
Deferred income£1.8m£194k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−53.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1m
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
6.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
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
—
Now £165k
Headcount
—
Now 3
Deferred income
—
Now £194k
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 Limited75–100%
  4. Eleven Film Limited75–100%
  5. Starco TV 4 Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (6)

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 accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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