Century UK Productions Limited
Registered name: CENTURY UK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Century UK Productions Limited made £12.4m revenue and £10.2k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2024. read from filing text
Century UK Productions Limited’s revenue was £12.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with £10.2k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Miramax Film NY, LLC, a company registered in the United States of America.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 22 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.3m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £33.9m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | −£5.6m | −£437k |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8m | −£510k |
| Profit after tax | £24.8k | £10.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £24.8k | £10.2k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £44.3k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | −19.8% | −3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £435k | £6.2m |
| Profit per employee | £381 | £5.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £210k |
| Net assets | £24.8k | £35k |
| Current assets | £13.6m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £12.6m | £13.6m |
| Deferred income | £202k | £26.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- 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
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 109.6%
- 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 £210k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £26.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit £10.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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