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Company No. 13965680 · Incorporated 9 Mar 2022

Bad Wolf (TWK) Ltd

Registered name: BAD WOLF (TWK) LTD

Part of Sony Group Corporation group

Bad Wolf (TWK) Ltd made £5m revenue and £4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text

Bad Wolf (TWK) Ltd’s revenue fell 85% to £5m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £4k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Active
Location
Cardiff, Wales
Age
4 yrs · since 2022
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 Mar 2024

Key figures

Small teamYoung and profitable
Revenue
£5m
Growth ▼84.8%
Profit
£4k
Growth ▼81%
Profit margin
0.1%
Gross −25.7%
Employees
5
Change ▼95.8%
Profit / employee
£800
Revenue/employee £1m
Profitable streak
2yrs
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 to31 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£33m£5m
Cost of sales£40.9m£6.3m
Gross profit−£7.9m−£1.3m
Profit before tax−£7.9m−£1.3m
Profit after tax£21k£4k
Profit (best available)£21k£4k
Staff costs£4.7m£233k
Employees (average)1205
Ratios
Profit margin0.1%0.1%
Gross margin−23.9%−25.7%
Revenue per employee£275k£1m
Profit per employee£175£800
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼84.8%
Profit growth—▼81%
Headcount growth—▼95.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.9m£48.2k
Net assets£21k£25k
Current assets£12m£1.4m
Debtors£10m£1.3m
Deferred income£952k£287k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−25.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£800
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
5.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
26.5%
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
▲19%
Now £25k
Cash at bank
▼97%
Now £48.2k
Headcount
▼96%
Now 5
Deferred income
▼70%
Now £287k
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. Bad Wolf (TWK) 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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