Owl Films Limited
Registered name: OWL FILMS LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupOwl Films Limited made £43.7m revenue and £31.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Owl Films Limited’s revenue was £43.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £31.5k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.2m | £43.7m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £6.6m | £56.5m |
| Gross profit | — | −£381k | −£12.8m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£397k | £31.5k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £3.5k | £31.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £3.5k | £31.5k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 6 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | −6.1% | −29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1m | £533k |
| Profit per employee | — | £583 | £384 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £49.3k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1 | £3.5k | £35k |
| Current assets | £1 | £6.4m | £15.5m |
| Debtors | £1 | £6.4m | £13.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £533k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £384
- 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
- 31%
- 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 £35k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited75–100%
- Universal Pictures Limited75–100%
- Owl Films Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £31.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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