Afterburn Productions Limited
Registered name: AFTERBURN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Milstein Productions Ltd groupAfterburn Productions Limited made £35.4m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 1 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Afterburn Productions Limited’s revenue was £35.4m in the year to 1 Mar 2025, with £0 profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London.
- 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. From the filing: “The company is controlled by Milstein Productions Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.4m |
| Cost of sales | £36.2m |
| Gross profit | −£791k |
| Profit before tax | −£983k |
| Profit after tax | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 |
| Staff costs | £122k |
| Employees (average) | 1 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 0% |
| Gross margin | −2.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.4m |
| Profit per employee | £0 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £973k |
| Net assets | — |
| Current assets | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £9.5m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −2.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.4m
- 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
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.9%
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £973k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.2m
- 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
- Milstein Productions Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Afterburn Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- F Or F Films LtdFigures not disclosed
- FFFB 3 UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Godpower (Part 1) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Midsummer Legendary 1 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Midsummer Sky LtdFigures not disclosed
- Milstein Lis LtdFigures not disclosed
- Peregrine Animation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Strangers Films LimitedRev. — · Profit −£499k
- TKG Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yellow Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorkshire Film Services 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 1 Mar 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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