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Company No. 14701786 · Incorporated 2 Mar 2023

Merman-Sapphire Limited

Registered name: MERMAN-SAPPHIRE LIMITED

Part of Merman Television Limited group

Merman-Sapphire Limited made £4.4m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

Merman-Sapphire Limited’s revenue was £4.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £0 profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59113Television programme production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
3 yrs · since 2023
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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is Merman Television Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£4.4m
Growth —
Profit
£0
Growth —
Profit margin
0%
Gross −30.1%
Employees
5
Change —
Profit / employee
£0
Revenue/employee £881k
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 to30 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£32.8m£4.4m
Cost of sales£38.7m£5.7m
Gross profit−£5.9m−£1.3m
Profit before tax−£5.9m−£1.3m
Profit after tax£0£0
Profit (best available)£0£0
Employees (average)465
Ratios
Profit margin0%0%
Gross margin−17.9%−30.1%
Revenue per employee£714k£881k
Profit per employee£0£0
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£771k£273k
Net assets——
Current assets£11.7m£3.6m
Debtors£10.9m£3.3m
Deferred income£2m£311k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−30.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£881k
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
7.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
75.3%
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 £273k
Headcount
—
Now 5
Deferred income
—
Now £311k
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. Merman Television Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Merman-Sapphire Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (9)

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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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