SNB (Black Doves) Limited
Registered name: SNB (BLACK DOVES) LIMITED
Part of Sister Holdings Limited groupSNB (Black Doves) Limited made £9.5m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
SNB (Black Doves) Limited’s revenue was £9.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.5m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £34.3m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | −£6.8m | −£1m |
| Operating profit | −£6.8m | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.8m | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | −24.9% | −10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £51.7k |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £7.6m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £111k |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | −£8.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −10.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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 £1
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £51.7k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £111k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sister Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sister Group Limited75–100%
- Sister Original Limited75–100%
- Sister Pictures Limited75–100%
- SNB (Black Doves) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (24)
- Sister (Dreamland) LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £3.1m
- SF (Bloomers) LimitedRev. £13.7m · Profit £0
- Sister (Passenger) LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £453k
- Sister Pictures (Power Rights) LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit −£158k
- Hootenanny Pictures (Bi) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hootenanny Pictures (Flowers) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Sister LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Baby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Clandestine) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Coldwater) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£11.1k
- Sister (Diesel) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Eric) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Hurt) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Landscapers) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Pol) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Split 2024) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister (Split Up) LimitedRev. — · Profit £682k
- Sister (Witch Hunt) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£897k
- Sister Pictures (Chernobyl) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Pictures (Cleaning Up) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Pictures (Driver) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Pictures (Giri) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Pictures (Split Rights) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sister Pictures (Split) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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